I've Never Been To Me

Hey lady, you lady
 Cursing at your life
 You're a discontented mother
 And a regimented wife
 I 've no doubt
 You dream about the things you'll never do
 But I wish someone had a talk to me like I wanna talk to you
 Ooh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
 Took the hand of a preacher man
 And we made love in the sun
 But I ran out of places and friendly faces
 Because I had to be free
 I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...
 Please lady please lady
 Don't just walk away
 'Cause I have this need to tell you
 Why I'm all alone today
 I can see so much of me
 Still living in your eyes
 Won't you share a part
 Of a weary heart that has lived a million lives
 Ooh, I've been to Nice and the Isle of Greece
 When I sipped champagne on a yacht
 I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
 And showed them what I've got
 I've been undressed by kings
 And I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'posed to see
 I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...
 Hey, you know what paradise is?
 It's a lie
 A fantasy we created about people and places
 As we like them to be
 But you know what truth is?
 It's that little baby you're holding
 And it's that man you fought with this morning
 The same one you are gonna make love to tonight
 That's truth that's love
 Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
 That might have made me complete
 But I, I took the sweet life
 I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
 I spent my life exploring
 The subtle whoring
 That costs too much to be free
 Hey lady I've been to paradise
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 But I've never been to me...
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 I've been to paradise - never been to me
 (I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
 I've been to paradise - never been to me
 (I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
 While I sipped champagne on a yacht)
 I've been to paradise - never been to me