I`ve Been to Paradise

Don`t you ever have a song that just buzzes in your ear the whole day long that resonates what you`ve been feeling? This song has been nagging in my subconscious since Thursday. Had to hum it to myself the whole time I was in Kapellenweg though I don`t know the whole lyrics. It`s my comfort song for now for I desperately need peace of mind.



A serene place to meditate and cast your last favor. Kapellenweg is situated in Rüngsdorf along the juncture of Kapellenweg and Rolandstraße.



Oh yeah, this song talks about a promiscuous lady but that part doesn`t apply to me. Only the part where it says I`ve been to paradise relating to how I saw my life with my ex bf.  Paradise as we were two kids playing to be grown ups in a foreign land. And now I`m basically learning to be me (for I`ve never been to me).  It`s quite hard to distinguish yourself apart from the couple you were always associated to be. You lose your sense of distinction. Jumping in the wagon of being single is like having "sea feet". Trying to stand steady on wobbly ground.

I`ve Never Been to  Me (Lyrics)

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 talk to me

Like I.. wanna talk to you

Ooh, 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've 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

Ooh I've been to Neese

And the isle of Greece where they sip champagne on a yacht

I've moved like Harlow in Montecarlo and showed them what I've got

I've been undressed by hands, 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

Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children

That might have made me complete

But I, I took the sweet life and never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet

I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that cost too much to be free

I've been to paradise

Never been to me

I've been to paradise

But I've never been to me

Ohh... Yeah yeah yeah...
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This is a male version of the song with lyrics.

 

This is the original female version of the song before AIDS was known. Sang by Charlene.