Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey
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Lana Del Rey & Nikki Lane
Lana Del Rey
Lana Del Rey & Weyes Blood & Zella Day
“For Free” is a cover of the 1970 American classic of the same name by Joni Mitchell.
Del Rey first performed the song featuring Weyes Blood and Zella Day on The Norman Fucking Rockwell Tour (2019) and ultimately decided to put it as the closing track of her 2021 record Chemtrails Over the Country...
[Verse 1: Zella Day]
I slept last night in a good hotel
I went shoppin' today for jewels
The wind rushed around in the dirty town
And the children let out from their school
I was standin' on a noisy corner
Waitin' for the walkin' green
Across the street, he stood
And he played real good
On his clarinet for free
[Verse 2: Lana Del Rey]
Now me, I play for fortunes
And those velvet curtain calls
I've got a black Limousine and two gentlemen
Who escort me through these halls
And I'll play if you've got the money
Or if you're a friend to me
But the one-man band by thе quick lunch stand
He's been playin' real good for free
[Verse 3: Weyes Blood]
Nobody stopped to hеar him
Though he played so sweet and high
They knew he had never been on the TV
So they passed his music by
I meant to go over and ask for a song
Maybe put on a harmony
I heard his refrain as the signal changed
He was playin' real good for free
For Free was written by Joni Mitchell.
For Free was produced by Lana Del Rey & Jack Antonoff.
Lana Del Rey released For Free on Fri Mar 19 2021.
Antonoff told Billboard in July 2021:
I remember watching Lana play ‘For Free’ with Zella Day and Weyes Blood — this completely remarkable moment at the Hollywood Bowl [in 2019] — and her being like, ‘Let’s put this on the record!’ Like, holy shit! Of course! How could it not go on the record? That...