[00:-0.50]I've never been to me Charlene
[00:01.55](Ken Kirsch / Ronald Miller)
[00:04.42]Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life
[00:11.79]You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
[00:20.49]I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
[00:27.09]But I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you
[00:35.60]I've been to Georgia and California, anywhere I could run
[00:43.61]Took the hand of a preachman and we made love in the sun
[00:50.34]But I ran out of places and friendly faces
[00:54.97]Because I had to be free
[00:59.25]I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me
[01:09.12]Please lady, please, lady, don't just walk away
[01:16.07]Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today
[01:25.17]I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
[01:31.99]Won't you share a part of a weary heart
[01:40.13]I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
[01:43.93]While I sipped champagne on a yacht
[01:48.47]I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
[01:54.98]I've been undressed by kings
[01:57.80]And I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see
[02:04.14]I've been to paradise
[02:07.32]But I've never been to me
[02:11.10](spoken)
[02:12.37]Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie
[02:16.41]A fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be
[02:21.76]But you know what truth is?
[02:22.89]It's that little baby you're holding,
[02:25.45]And it's that man you fought with this morning,
[02:27.92]the same one you're going to make love with tonight
[02:30.58]That's truth, that's love
[02:32.73]Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
[02:37.72]that might have made me complete
[02:41.50]But I, I took the sweet life
[02:44.21]And never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
[02:48.19]I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
[02:53.33]that cost too much to be free
[02:56.32]Hey lady, I've been to paradise
[03:04.75]But I've never been to me