Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life
You’re a discontented mother and a regimented wife
I’ve no doubt you dream about the things you 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, oh, anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preacherman 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 lies
Oh I’ve been to Nice and the isle of Greece
Where I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed ‘em what I’ve got
I’ve been undressed by kings and I’ve seen some things
That a woman ain’t s’posed to see
I’ve been to paradise, but I’ve never been to me
Hey, you know what paradise is? It’s a lie.
A fantasy we create about people and places as 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 going to 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 sweet 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
Hey lady, I’ve been to paradise, but I’ve never been to me
I’ve been to paradise - never been to me
 
這首歌常在廣播中聽到 那時覺得歌手的聲音很好聽.旋律也很棒
但卻沒仔細去聽這歌詞的意義
后來 因為英文課要演唱一首英文歌曲 於是我就選了這首歌
以為這首歌旋律柔柔 應該不會太難唱 可足足練了一個禮拜 才唱的較順些
正式表演時 老師看到我挑這曲目 便搖搖頭說: ViVi怎麼選了這麼高難度的歌哩
看來我真的挑錯歌了 不過這首歌真的很好聽 我很喜歡
雖然歌詞很長 也有些不常用到的單字 但有時間好好聽一下 英文也會進步喲