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 I've been to Georgia 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 what 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 Nice and the Isle of Greece where they sip champagne on a yacht Move my hollow in Monte Carlo and show them what I've got I've been on a trip, I came and I've seen some things 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 created by people and places you let them to be But you know what the truth is? It's the little baby you're holding And it's the man you fought with this morning And the same one you're going to make love with tonight That's truth, that's love Sometimes I've been to Orion for unborn children that might have made me complete But I, I took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be beaten from the street I'd spend my life exploring a sudden horror 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 I've been to paradise Baby, where are you gone? I've been to paradise But I've never been to me I've been to paradise But I've never been to me I've been to paradise