Hey lady,
you lady,
cursing at your life
You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
I know that you dream about the things you never do
But I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you
I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
I took the hand of a preacher man and we made love in the sun
But I ran out of places 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
Want to share a part of a weary heart that has lived a million lies
Oh,
I've been to Nice and the Isle of Greece
but I've slipped champagne on a yacht
I've lived like Hanoi in Monte Carlo and show them what I've got
I've been undressed by kings and I've seen
some things that a woman is supposed to see
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn
children that might have made me complete
But I took the sweet life,
I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
I've spent my life exploring the sad to
whoring that cost too much to be free
Hey lady,
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me