Charlene Duncan - I've Never Been To Me lyrics

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Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life<br />

You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife<br />

I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do<br />

But I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you<br />

I've been to Georgia and California, anywhere I could run<br />

Took the hand of a preachman and we made love in the sun<br />

But I ran out of places and friendly faces<br />

Because I had to be free<br />

I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me<br />

Please lady, please, lady, don't just walk away<br />

Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today<br />

I can see so much of me still living in your eyes<br />

Won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived a million lies<br />

I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece<br />

While I sipped champagne on a yacht<br />

I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got<br />

I've been undressed by kings<br />

And I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see<br />

I've been to paradise<br />

But I've never been to me<br />

(Spoken)<br />

Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie<br />

A fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be<br />

But you know what truth is?<br />

It's that little baby you're holding,<br />

And it's that man you fought with this morning,<br />

The same one you're going to make love with tonight<br />

That's truth, that's love<br />

Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children<br />

That might have made me complete<br />

But I, I took the sweet life<br />

And never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet<br />

I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring<br />

That cost too much to be free<br />

Hey lady, I've been to paradise<br />

But I've never been to me