[00:00.00]I''''ve never been to me Charlene
[00:02.05](Ken Kirsch / Ronald Miller)
[00:04.92]Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life
[00:12.29]You''''re a discontented mother and a regimented wife
[00:20.99]I''''ve no doubt you dream about the things you''''ll never do
[00:27.59]But I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you
[00:36.10]I''''ve been to Georgia and California, anywhere I could run
[00:44.11]Took the hand of a preachman and we made love in the sun
[00:50.84]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, but I''''ve never been to me
[01:09.62]Please lady, please, lady, don''''t just walk away
[01:16.57]Cause I have this need to tell you why I''''m all alone today
[01:25.67]I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
[01:32.49]Won''''t you share a part of a weary heart
[01:36.70]that has lived a million lies
[01:40.63]I''''ve been to Nice and the isle of Greece
[01:44.43]While I sipped champagne on a yacht
[01:48.97]I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed ''''em what I''''ve got
[01:55.48]I''''ve been undressed by kings
[01:58.30]And I''''ve seen some things that a woman ain''''t supposed to see
[03:30.62][03:17.07][02:04.64]I''''ve been to paradise
[03:34.68][03:21.13][02:07.82][03:05.25]But I''''ve never been to me
[02:11.60](spoken)
[02:12.87]Hey, you know what paradise is? It''''s a lie
[02:16.91]A fantasy we create about people and places as we''''d like them to be
[02:22.26]But you know what truth is?
[02:23.39]It''''s that little baby you''''re holding,
[02:25.95]And it''''s that man you fought with this morning,
[02:28.42]the same one you''''re going to make love with tonight
[02:31.08]That''''s truth, that''''s love
[02:33.23]Sometimes I''''ve been to crying for unborn children
[02:38.22]that might have made me complete
[02:42.00]But I, I took the sweet life
[02:44.71]And never knew I''''d be bitter from the sweet
[02:48.69]I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
[02:53.83]that cost too much to be free
[02:56.82]Hey lady, I''''ve been to paradise
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