Hey lady,you lady Cursin' at your life
You're a discontened mother And a regimented wife
I've no doubt you dream about
The things you'll never do
But I wish someone had to talked to me
Like I wanna talk to you
I've been to Georgia and California
And anywhere I could run
Took the head 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 million lies

Oh I've been to Nice and
the Isle of Greece While I sipped champagne on a yacht
I moved like harlot 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 supposed to see,

Hey Lady I've been to paradise
But I 've never been to me

Sometimes I've been to cryin'
For unborn children That might have made me complete
But I, I took the sweet life
And never knew I'd 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 (I've been to paradise)
but I've never been to me