I've Never Been to Me
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Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life
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You're a discontented mother
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And a regimented wife
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I've no doubt you dream about
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The things you never do
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But I wish someone had a talk to me
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Like I wanna talk to you
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Ooh I've been to Georgia and California,
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And, anywhere I could run
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Took the hand of a preacher man
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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,
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But I've never been to me
(verse 2)
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 lies
Oh I've been to Nice and
The isle of Greece
Where I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like Harlow 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 s'posed to see
I've been to paradise,
But I've never been to me(spoken part)
Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie
A fantasy we create 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-4 5 6 6 6 -6 -7
Sometimes I've been to cryin'
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For unborn children
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That might have made me complete
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But I, I took the sweet life and never
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Knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
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I spent my life exploring the subtle
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Whoring 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 me8 7 -6 6 7 7 -5 5 -4 4 4
I've been to paradise - never been to me
(I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
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I've been to paradise - never been to me
(I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
While I sipped champagne on a yacht)
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I've been to paradise - never been to me
(I've been to cryin' for unborn children )
(Fading out)