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Hey lady, you lady, cursing at your life
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You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
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I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
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But, I wish someone had talked to me
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Like I wanna talk to you.....
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Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
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I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun
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But I ran out of places and friendly faces because I had to be free
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I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
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Please lady, please lady, don't just walk away
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'Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today
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I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
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Won't you share a part of a weary heart that has lived million lies....
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Oh, I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht
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I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
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I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see
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I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me
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[spoken]
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Hey, you know what paradise is?
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It's a lie, a fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be
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But you know what truth is?
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It's that little baby you're holding, it's that man you fought with this morning
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The same one you're going to make love with tonight
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That's truth, that's love......
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Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children that might have made me complete
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But I took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
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I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
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Hey lady......
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I've been to paradise, (I've been to paradise)
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But I've never been to me
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(I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
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I've been to paradise, never been to me
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(I've been to Neice and the isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht)
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I've been to paradise, never been to me
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(I've been to cryin' for unborn children that might have made me complete)
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I've been to paradise, never been to me
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(I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
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I've been to paradise, never been to me
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I have never been to me
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| Charlene |
