“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...”
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...
The song's about David Geffen and the music business, but it makes me think about how much I need to get my husband away from Silicon Valley for a real vacation some day...