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'll dream about

The things you'll never do

But I wish someone had talked to me

Like I wanna talk to you

Ooh, I've been to Georgia and California

And anywhere I could run

Took the hand of a preacherman

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 your weary heart

That has lived a million lives?

Oh, I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece

Where they sip champagne on a yacht

I moved my hollow in Monte Carlo

And showed them 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 create about people and places

We'd like them to be

But you know what truth is?

It's the little baby you're holding

And it's that man you fought with this morning

And 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

And never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet

I'd spent my life exploring the subtle whoring

That cost too much to be free

Hey lady, I've been to paradise

(I've been to paradise)

But I never been to me

(Been to Georgia and California)

(And everywhere I can run)

I've been to paradise

Never been to me

(Been to Georgia and California)

(And everywhere I can run) Ah-ha-ha-ha

I've been to paradise

Never been to me