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I've Never Been To Me
Stevie Page

Hey lady, you, lady, cursin' at your life
You're a discontented mother and a rich inventire wife
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
But I wish someone had a talk to me like I wanna talk to you

Ooh I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run
Just the hand of a preacherman and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of faces 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 a broken heart that has lived a million lies

Oh I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece
And I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and show them what I've got
I've been undressed by kings and I've seen something
That a woman ain't supposed to see
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me

[spoken:] Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie
A fantasy we create by people and places we'd like them to be
But you know what truth is? It's that little baby you're holding
And it's that man you fought with this morning
The same one you're gonna 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 street life and never knew
I'd be bitter from the sweet
I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
That cost too much to be free
And baby, I've been to paradise...,
But I've never been to me.......
Hooo..... I've been to paradise.......
Hooo..... I've been to paradise……


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