Spring #3
I’VE NEVER BEEN TO ME
Charlene
Listening
Singing
Hey lady, you lady, (1: causing / cursing) at your life
You're a discontented mother and a (2: regimented / rich and mental) wife
I've no doubt you dream about (3: a / an / the /φ)things you'll never do
But, I wish someone (4: have / had) talked to me
Like I (5: want to / wanna) talk to you
Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could (6: learn / run)
I took the (7: hand / hands) 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 (8: free /
freed)
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 (9: while / why) I'm all alone today
I can see so much of me still (10: live / living) in your eyes
Won't you share (11: a / an / the /φ) part of a weary heart that has lived a million lies
Oh, I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece
While I've (12: shipped / sipped) champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed them what I've got
I've been (13: dressed / undressed) by kings
And I've seen (14: some things / something) that a woman ain't
supposed 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 (15: create / created) about people
And places as (16: we / we’d / we’ll) like them to be
But you know what (17: a / an / the /φ) truth is?
It's that little baby you're holding
It's that man you (18: farted / fought) with this morning
The same one you're going to make love with tonight
That's (19: a / an / the /φ) truth, that's love
Sometimes I've been to (20: cry / crying) for unborn children
That might have made me (21:
complete / concrete)
But I took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be (22: better / bitter) from the
sweet
I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be (23:
free / freed)
Hey lady
I've been to paradise but I've never been to me
I've been to paradise, never been to me x 3 times