I've Never Been To Me-Charlene

[ti:I＇ve Never Been To Me] [ar:Charlene] [al:Stories] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.29]I've Never Been To Me - Charlene [00:00.58]Written by：Ron Miller/Ken Hirsch [00:01.73] [00:04.80]Hey lady you lady [00:08.57]Cursing at your life [00:11.57]You're a discontented mother [00:15.09] [00:15.63]And a regimented wife [00:19.51] [00:20.64]I've no doubt you dream about [00:23.43] [00:23.99]The things you'll never do [00:27.25]But I wish someone had talked to me [00:31.11]Like I wanna talk of you [00:34.55]Ooohooo I've been to Georgia and California [00:40.13]And anywhere I could run [00:42.45] [00:43.35]I took the hand of a preacher man [00:46.82]And we made love in the sun [00:50.35]But I ran out of places and friendly faces [00:55.17]Because I had to be free [00:58.07] [00:59.20]I've been to paradise [01:02.42]But I've never been to me [01:06.58] [01:09.62]Please lady please lady [01:13.32]Don't just walk away [01:15.69] [01:16.52]'Cause I have this need to tell you [01:19.75] [01:20.31]Why I'm all alone today [01:23.97] [01:25.18]I can see so much of me [01:28.79]Still living in your eyes [01:32.12]Won't you share a part of a weary heart [01:36.23]That has lived a million lives [01:39.50]Oh I've been to nice and the isle of Greece [01:44.13]When I sipped champagne on a yacht [01:47.37] [01:48.20]I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo [01:52.34]And showed 'em what I've got [01:55.05]I've been undressed by kings [01:57.90]And I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see [02:03.23] [02:04.28]I've been to paradise [02:07.62]But I've never been to me [02:11.56] [02:12.92]Hey you know what paradise is [02:15.54]It's a lie [02:16.94]A fantasy we created about people and places as we'd like them to be [02:21.46]But you know what truth is [02:23.13]It's that little baby you're holding [02:25.31]And it's that man you fought with this morning [02:27.78]The same one you're going to make love with tonight [02:30.41] [02:31.02]That's truth that's love [02:32.66]Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children [02:37.78]That might have made me complete [02:40.77] [02:41.31]But I I took the sweet life I never knew [02:45.32]I'd be bitter from the sweet [02:48.36]I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring [02:53.26]That costs too much to be free hey lady [02:57.55]I've been to paradise [03:03.29] [03:04.69]But I've never been to me [03:11.57] [03:17.04]I've been to paradise [03:20.52] [03:21.21]Never been to me [03:22.81]I've been to Georgia and California [03:25.63]And anywhere I could run [03:29.12] [03:30.24]I've been to paradise [03:34.63]Never been to me [03:36.10]Been to nice and the isle of Greece [03:39.04]When I've sipped champange on a yacht [03:42.08] [03:43.47]I've been to paradise [03:47.46]Never been to me