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I've never been to me Charlene |
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(Ken Kirsch / Ronald Miller) |
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Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life |
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You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife |
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I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do |
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But I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you |
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I've been to Georgia and California, anywhere I could run |
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Took the hand of a preachman and we made love in the sun |
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But I ran out of places and friendly faces |
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Because I had to be free |
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I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me |
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Please lady, please, lady, don't just walk away |
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Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today |
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I can see so much of me still living in your eyes |
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Won't you share a part of a weary heart |
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I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece |
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While I sipped champagne on a yacht |
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I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got |
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I've been undressed by kings |
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And I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see |
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I've been to paradise |
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But I've never been to me |
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(spoken) |
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Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie |
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A fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be |
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But you know what truth is? |
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It's that little baby you're holding, |
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And it's that man you fought with this morning, |
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the same one you're going to make love with tonight |
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That's truth, that's love |
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Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children |
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that might have made me complete |
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But I, I took the sweet life |
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And never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet |
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I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring |
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that cost too much to be free |
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Hey lady, I've been to paradise |
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But I've never been to me |