(I've) Never Been To Me

Song (I've) Never Been To Me
Artist Charlene
Album Play My Music Vol. 05 - Love Always

Lyrics

[00:05.25] Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life
[00:12.13] You're a discontented mother
[00:16.14] and a regimented wife
[00:21.02] I've no doubt you dream about
[00:24.72] the things you'll never do
[00:27.65] But I wish someone had talked to me
[00:31.49] like I wanna talk to you
[00:34.71]
[00:36.23] I've been to Georgia and California,
[00:40.64] anywhere I could run
[00:44.11] Took the hand of a preachman
[00:47.31] and we made love in the sun
[00:50.77] But I ran out of places and friendly faces
[00:55.47] Because I had to be free
[00:59.75] I've been to paradise,
[01:03.06] but I've never been to me
[01:07.66]
[01:09.93] Please lady, please, lady,
[01:13.75] don't just walk away
[01:16.89] Cause I have this need to tell you
[01:20.70] why I'm all alone today
[01:25.74] I can see so much of me
[01:29.14] still living in your eyes
[01:32.50] Won't you share a part of a weary heart
[01:36.86] that has lived a million lies
[01:39.85] Oh I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
[01:44.56] While I sipped champagne on a yacht
[01:48.76] I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo
[01:52.78] and showed 'em what I've got
[01:55.34] I've been undressed by kings
[01:58.23] And I've seen some things
[02:00.29] that a woman ain't supposed to see
[02:04.73] I've been to paradise
[02:07.97] But I've never been to me
[02:12.54]
[02:13.30] (spoken) Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie
[02:17.49] A fantasy we create about people
[02:19.51] and places as we'd like them to be
[02:22.04] But you know what truth is?
[02:23.78] It's that little baby you're holding,
[02:25.72] And it's that man
[02:26.65] you fought with this morning,
[02:28.19] the same one you're going to make
[02:29.92] love with tonight
[02:31.41] That's truth, that's love
[02:33.14] Sometimes I've been to crying
[02:36.15] for unborn children
[02:38.27] that might have made me complete
[02:41.65] But I, I took the sweet life
[02:44.18] And never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
[02:48.59] I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
[02:51.98] that cost too much to be free
[02:56.59] Hey lady, I've been to paradise
[03:05.06] But I've never been to me
[03:17.32] I've been to paradise
[03:21.56] I've never been to me
[03:23.48]
[03:30.62] I've been to paradise
[03:34.97] I've never been to me
[03:38.20]