I've Never Been To Me

Song I've Never Been To Me
Artist Charlene
Album Three Times a Lady: Great Motown Love Songs

Lyrics

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[00:05.18] Hey lady, you lady
[00:08.82] Cursing at your life
[00:12.10] You're a discontented mother
[00:15.74] And a regimented wife
[00:21.02] I've no doubt you dream about
[00:24.16] The things you'll never do
[00:27.50] But, I wish someone had talked to me
[00:31.48] Like I wanna talk to you
[00:34.96] Oh, I've been to Georgia and California
[00:39.90] And, anywhere I could run
[00:43.78] I took the hand of a preacher man
[00:47.42] And we made love in the sun
[00:50.60] But I ran out of places and friendly faces
[00:55.24] Because I had to be free
[00:59.17] I've been to paradise
[01:02.81] But I've never been to me
[01:09.73] Please lady, please
[01:12.52] Lady don't just walk away
[01:16.91] 'Cause I have this need to tell you
[01:20.24] Why I'm all alone today
[01:25.32] I can see so much of me
[01:28.56] Still living in your eyes
[01:32.24] Won't you share a part of a weary heart
[01:36.52] That has lived million lies
[01:39.31] Oh, I've been to nice and the Isle of Greece
[01:44.41] While I've sipped champagne on a yacht
[01:48.19] I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
[01:52.18] And showed 'em what I've got
[01:54.92] I've been undressed by kings
[01:57.61] And I've seen some things
[01:59.75] That a woman ain't supposed to see
[02:03.93] I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
[02:12.84] Hey, you know what paradise is?
[02:15.58] It's a lie, a fantasy we create about
[02:18.63] People and places as we'd like them to be
[02:21.46] But you know what truth is?
[02:23.15] It's that little baby you're holding
[02:25.10] It's that man you fought with this morning
[02:27.49] The same one you're going to make love with tonight
[02:30.74] That's truth, that's love
[02:32.53] Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
[02:36.96] That might have made me complete
[02:40.84] But I, I took the sweet life, I never knew
[02:44.93] I'd be bitter from the sweet
[02:47.92] I've spent my life exploring, the subtle whoring
[02:52.70] That costs too much to be free
[02:55.79] Hey lady, I've been to paradise
[03:04.35] But I've never been to me