加拿大創作才女［瓊妮米雪兒］──民謠爵士／融合爵士曲──［Free Man in Paris／巴黎的自由人］

"The way I see it," he said

"You just cant win it

Everybodys in it for their own gain

You cant please em all

Theres always somebody calling you down

I do my best

And I do good business

Theres a lot of people asking for my time

Theyre trying to get ahead

Theyre 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 ones future to decide

You know Id go back there tomorrow

But for the work Ive 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

Id just walk out those doors

And wander

Down the Champs Elysees

Going cafe to cabaret

Thinking how Ill 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 ones future to decide

You know Id go back there tomorrow

But for the work Ive taken on

Stoking the star maker machinery

Behind the popular song.

Songwriters: MITCHELL, JONI

Free Man In Paris lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC

１９７４年１月　３０歲的瓊妮米雪兒發行個人獨力創作與製作的第六張專輯［Court and Spark］

大獲好評　被許多媒體評價為完美作品（滾石雜誌５星, 名列２００３年版滾石雜誌史上５００偉大專輯

商業成績也同樣亮眼　成為瓊妮唯一一張登上加拿大排行榜冠軍的大碟

美國榜亞軍　賣出兩百萬張　

英國榜＃１４　成為瓊妮事業銷售最佳的專輯

首支主打［Raisrd the Robbery］反應普通

但第二主打［Help Me］則拿到加拿大榜＃６　美國榜＃７　是米雪兒事業最成功單曲

１９７４年７月　瓊妮推出第三主打［Free Man in Paris／巴黎的自由人］

歌曲描寫的是她的好友──著名經紀人／行銷專家David Geffen（雖然沒正面提起）

平常他在美國努力衝刺事業　製作暢銷曲

但在巴黎度假時, 去能找到心靈的平靜

米雪兒把它製作成一首民謠爵士／融合爵士曲

［Free Man in Paris］登上加拿大榜＃１６　美國榜＃２２（＋Easy Listening／成人抒情榜亞軍）

被視為瓊妮事業名作之一

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW_IS-DPZ1E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0te2D1NSps

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQj6h8KpkiQ

1979 Live

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRQNGvHhmS8

Live London 1983

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hcXdtqojFg