Hey lady, you lady, crusin' at your life
You're a discontented mother
and a regimented wife
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
But I wish someone had talked to me
like I wanna talked to you
Oh, I've been to Georiga and California
and anywhere I could run
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
Won't you share a part of a weary heart
that has lived a million lives
Oh, I've been to Niece and the lsle of Greece
Where they sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like harlow in Monte Carlo
and showed them what I've got
I've been undressed by kings and I've seen somethings
that a woman ain't supposed to see
I've been 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, I took the sweet life and never knew
I'd be bitter from the sweet
I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
that cost too much to be free
I've been to paradise never been to me
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me