I've Never Been To Me-Studio Allstars

[00:04.950]Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life [00:11.830]You're a discontented mother [00:15.840]and a regimented wife [00:20.720]I've no doubt you dream about [00:24.420]the things you'll never do [00:27.350]But I wish someone had talked to me [00:31.190]like I wanna talk to you [00:34.410] [00:35.930]I've been to Georgia and California, [00:40.340]anywhere I could run [00:43.810]Took the hand of a preachman [00:47.010]and we made love in the sun [00:50.470]But I ran out of places and friendly faces [00:55.170]Because I had to be free [00:59.450]I've been to paradise, [01:02.760]but I've never been to me [01:07.360] [01:09.630]Please lady, please, lady, [01:13.450]don't just walk away [01:16.590]Cause I have this need to tell you [01:20.400]why I'm all alone today [01:25.440]I can see so much of me [01:28.840]still living in your eyes [01:32.200]Won't you share a part of a weary heart [01:36.560]that has lived a million lies [01:39.550]Oh I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece [01:44.260]While I sipped champagne on a yacht [01:48.460]I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo [01:52.480]and showed 'em what I've got [01:55.040]I've been undressed by kings [01:57.930]And I've seen some things [01:59.990]that a woman ain't supposed to see [02:04.430]I've been to paradise [02:07.670]But I've never been to me [02:12.240] [02:13.000](spoken) Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie [02:17.190]A fantasy we create about people [02:19.210]and places as we'd like them to be [02:21.740]But you know what truth is? [02:23.480]It's that little baby you're holding, [02:25.420]And it's that man [02:26.350]you fought with this morning, [02:27.890]the same one you're going to make [02:29.620]love with tonight [02:31.110]That's truth, that's love [02:32.840]Sometimes I've been to crying [02:35.850]for unborn children [02:37.970]that might have made me complete [02:41.350]But I, I took the sweet life [02:43.880]And never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet [02:48.290]I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring [02:51.680]that cost too much to be free [02:56.290]Hey lady, I've been to paradise [03:04.760]But I've never been to me [03:17.020]I've been to paradise [03:21.260]I've never been to me [03:23.180] [03:30.320]I've been to paradise [03:34.670]I've never been to me [03:37.900]