> David Sapp wrote: > > > The best For Free to me is the live version she performed with the > beautifully > evocative extra chorus. She adds this at the end of the normal verses: > Playing like a fallen angel > Playing like a rising star > Playing for a hatful of nothing > To the honking of the cars. > It changes the whole song for me in good ways - can't really explain it but > it > is breathtaking. It would be great if she would record a clean version. > I believe she did this on the '83 Refuge tour. > > I agree totally. Also, there is that interesting lyrical progression of who escorted her to the hall (starting early on with 'two white men', then 'two gentlemen', then ' 16 gentlemen' (I probably have the number wrong there - MOA ?) and on the above version 'an entourage". Also, in the Refuge version, at the end of "And I'll play if you have the money, or if you're a friend to me' she adds "(then you'll get a backstage pass, and you'll get in free)' or some such.
All just right. Bob S
