ABC English School: 1997-2009: 2009/07

2009/07/27

2009 Summer Class Song

Director:

Ms. Jane

Chorus:

Lian Angela Irene Betty

Jared Jason Grace

I’ve Never Been to Me

Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life.

You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife.
I have no doubt you dream about the things you never do,
but I wish someone had a talk to me like I want to talk to you.

Ooh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could roam.
Just 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 life.
Would you share the thought of a broken heart that has lived a million lives?

Ooh, I've been to Nice and the Isle of Greece,
and I’ve 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 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 we create about people and places as we'd like them to be.
But you know the truth is,
it's that little baby you're holding, that man you fought with this morning,
the same one you're going to make love to tonight.

That's the truth; that's love.

Sometimes I've been all crying for unborn children
that might have made me complete.
But I took the straight life and never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet.
I’ve spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be me.

And, baby, I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me
Ooh, I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me