I've Never Been To Me-Charlene

[00:02.606]Charlene -I've Never Been To Me [00:07.588]Hey lady you lady [00:11.462]Cursing at your life [00:14.432]You're a discontented mother [00:18.380]And a regimented wife [00:23.427]I've no doubt you dream about [00:26.875]The things you'll never do [00:30.31]But I wish someone had talked to me [00:33.697]Like I wanna talk to you [00:37.377]Ooohooo I've been to Georgia and California [00:43.64]Anywhere I could run [00:46.490]Took the hand of a preacher man [00:49.824]And we made love in the sun [00:53.190]But I ran out of places and friendly faces [00:57.994]Because I had to be free [01:02.173]I've been to paradise [01:05.349]But I've never been to me [01:12.507]Please lady please lady [01:16.228]Don't just walk away [01:19.163]'Cause I have this need to tell you [01:23.153]Why I'm all alone today [01:28.91]I can see so much of me [01:31.625]Still living in your eyes [01:35.17]Won't you share a part of a weary heart [01:39.269]That has lived a million lives [01:42.332]Oh I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece [01:46.915]When I sipped champagne on a yacht [01:51.250]I moved like harlo in Monte Carlo [01:55.137]And showed 'em what I've got [01:57.877]I've been undressed by kings [02:00.774]And I've seen some things [02:02.669]That a woman ain't supposed to see [02:07.190]I've been to paradise [02:10.301]But I've never been to me [02:15.687]Hey you know what paradise is [02:18.626]It's a lie [02:19.986]A fantasy we created about people [02:21.719]And places as we'd like them to be [02:24.352]But you know what truth is [02:26.189]It's that little baby you're holding [02:28.154]And it's that man you fought with this morning [02:30.657]The same one you're going to make love with tonight [02:33.821]That's truth that's love [02:35.434]Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children [02:40.711]That might have made me complete [02:44.218]But I I took the sweet life I never knew [02:48.63]I'd be bitter from the sweet [02:51.109]I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring [02:55.999]That costs too much to be free hey lady [03:00.257]I've been to paradise [03:07.524]But I've never been to me [03:19.732]I've been to paradise [03:24.35]Never been to me [03:25.322]I've been to Georgia and California [03:28.592]And anywhere I could run [03:32.945]I've been to paradise [03:37.165]Never been to me [03:38.672]Been to Nice and the isle of Greece [03:41.880]When I've sipped champange on a yacht [03:46.206]I've been to paradise [03:50.348]Never been to me