Joni Mitchell - Free Man In Paris, Woodstock (Video and Lyrics)

[DudeAsInCool]

In commemoration of Joni Mitchell being inducted into the Canadian Songwriter's Hall of Fame, here is a 1983 video performance of Joni Mitchell performing "Free Man In Paris" off her Court and Spark Album at Wembley Arena, London. The lyrics are below - you can watch the video HERE

[DudeAsInCool]

FREE MAN IN PARIS

Joni Mitchell

"The way I see it," he said

"You just can't win it...

Everybody's in it for their own gain

You can't please 'em all

There's always somebody calling you down

I do my best

And I do good business

There's a lot of people asking for my time

They're trying to get ahead

They're trying to be a good friend of mine

I was a free man in Paris

I felt unfettered and alive

There was nobody calling me up for favors

And no one's future to decide

You know I'd go back there tomorrow

But for the work I've taken on

Stoking the star maker machinery

Behind the popular song

I deal in dreamers

And telephone screamers

Lately I wonder what I do it for

If l had my way

I'd just walk out those doors

And wander

Down the Champs Elysees

Going cafe to cabaret

Thinking how I'll feel when I find

That very good friend of mine

I was a free man in Paris

I felt unfettered and alive

Nobody was calling me up for favors

No one's future to decide

You know I'd go back there tomorrow

But for the work I've taken on

Stoking the star maker machinery

Behind the popular song

Source: Lyric's Depot

[DudeAsInCool]

There aren't many videos of Joni Mitchell performing - just want to make sure people catch these while they can. Here are two versions of her performing Woodstock as solos...both are pretty incredible

On electric guitar - live Get It While You Can

On piano in 1969...

[DudeAsInCool]

Woodstock

I came upon a child of god

He was walking along the road

And I asked him, where are you going

And this he told me

Im going on down to yasgurs farm

Im going to join in a rock n roll band

Im going to camp out on the land

Im going to try an get my soul free

We are stardust

We are golden

And weve got to get ourselves

Back to the garden

Then can I walk beside you

I have come here to lose the smog

And I feel to be a cog in something turning

Well maybe it is just the time of year

Or maybe its the time of man

I dont know who l am

But you know life is for learning

We are stardust

We are golden

And weve got to get ourselves

Back to the garden

By the time we got to woodstock

We were half a million strong

And everywhere there was song and celebration

And I dreamed I saw the bombers

Riding shotgun in the sky

And they were turning into butterflies

Above our nation

We are stardust

Billion year old carbon

We are golden

Caught in the devils bargain

And weve got to get ourselves

Back to the garden

Source: LyricsFreak