Charlene -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 talked to me Like I wanna talk to you Ooohooo I've been to Georgia and California 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 Oh I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece When I sipped champagne on a yacht I moved like harlo in Monte Carlo And showed 'em what I've got I've been undressed by kings And I've seen some things That a woman ain't supposed 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'd 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're going to make love with 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've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring That costs too much to be free hey lady I've been to paradise But I've never been to me 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 Been to Nice and the isle of Greece When I've sipped champange on a yacht I've been to paradise Never been to me
[00:02.606]Charlene -I've Never Been To Me [00:07.588]Hey lady you lady [00:11.462]Cursing at your life [00:14.432]You're a discontented mother [00:18.380]And a regimented wife [00:23.427]I've no doubt you dream about [00:26.875]The things you'll never do [00:30.31]But I wish someone had talked to me [00:33.697]Like I wanna talk to you [00:37.377]Ooohooo I've been to Georgia and California [00:43.64]Anywhere I could run [00:46.490]Took the hand of a preacher man [00:49.824]And we made love in the sun [00:53.190]But I ran out of places and friendly faces [00:57.994]Because I had to be free [01:02.173]I've been to paradise [01:05.349]But I've never been to me [01:12.507]Please lady please lady [01:16.228]Don't just walk away [01:19.163]'Cause I have this need to tell you [01:23.153]Why I'm all alone today [01:28.91]I can see so much of me [01:31.625]Still living in your eyes [01:35.17]Won't you share a part of a weary heart [01:39.269]That has lived a million lives [01:42.332]Oh I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece [01:46.915]When I sipped champagne on a yacht [01:51.250]I moved like harlo in Monte Carlo [01:55.137]And showed 'em what I've got [01:57.877]I've been undressed by kings [02:00.774]And I've seen some things [02:02.669]That a woman ain't supposed to see [02:07.190]I've been to paradise [02:10.301]But I've never been to me [02:15.687]Hey you know what paradise is [02:18.626]It's a lie [02:19.986]A fantasy we created about people [02:21.719]And places as we'd like them to be [02:24.352]But you know what truth is [02:26.189]It's that little baby you're holding [02:28.154]And it's that man you fought with this morning [02:30.657]The same one you're going to make love with tonight [02:33.821]That's truth that's love [02:35.434]Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children [02:40.711]That might have made me complete [02:44.218]But I I took the sweet life I never knew [02:48.63]I'd be bitter from the sweet [02:51.109]I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring [02:55.999]That costs too much to be free hey lady [03:00.257]I've been to paradise [03:07.524]But I've never been to me [03:19.732]I've been to paradise [03:24.35]Never been to me [03:25.322]I've been to Georgia and California [03:28.592]And anywhere I could run [03:32.945]I've been to paradise [03:37.165]Never been to me [03:38.672]Been to Nice and the isle of Greece [03:41.880]When I've sipped champange on a yacht [03:46.206]I've been to paradise [03:50.348]Never been to me
