I've Never Been to Me

(Rea's favourite part)
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'll never do

but I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you
Oh, 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
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 lives
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 them what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
and I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'pose to see
I've been to paradise .....

(Harum's favorite part)
"Hey, you know what paradise is?
It's a lie
a fantasy we created about people and places
as we 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 are gonna make love to tonight
that's truth that's love"

Sometimes I've been to crying for the unborn children
that might have made me complete
but I, I took the sweet life
I never knew I'd been bitter from the sweet
I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
that costs too much to be free
hey lady I've been to paradise...

Harum's favourite song :D