I've never been to me 迷失的自我
Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life 嗨!女士,詛咒著自己一生的女士
You're a discontented mother and a rich inventive wife 妳是個不滿現狀的母親,也是個有創意的妻子
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do 對妳所夢想的事,我並不懷疑
But I wish someone had talked to me 但我希望能有人來找我談心
like I wanna talk to you 像我找妳談心一樣
I've been to Georgia and California, 我曾到過喬治亞州和加州
anywhere I could run 和任何我想去的地方
Took the hand of a preacherman 牽著傳教士的手
and we made love in the sun 在陽光下做愛
But I ran out of places and friendly faces 我走遍各地,看盡友善的臉孔
Because I had to be free 只因我想要自由
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me 我曾到過天堂,但從來不曾屬於自己
Please lady, please, lady, don't just walk away 求求妳,女士,別走開
Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today因為我必須告訴妳,為何我現在孓然一身
I can see so much of me still living in your eyes 在妳眼裡可以看到許多的我
Won't you share a part of a weary heart 何不讓我分擔妳那脆弱的心
that has lived a million lies 雖然妳活在千萬個謊言中
I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece 我到過尼斯,到過希臘群島
While I sipped champagne on a yacht 駕著裝滿香檳的遊艇
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo 在蒙地卡羅四處遊盪
and showed 'em what I've got 展示我的斬獲
I've been undressed by kings 我曾在國王面前寬衣解帶
And I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see 也曾看過一些女人不該看到的事物
I've been to paradise 我曾到過天堂
But I've never been to me 但從來不曾屬於自己
(spoken)
Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie. 嘿,妳曉得什麼是天堂嗎?那是個謊言
A fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be 那是我們對人、事、地的憧憬所編造出來的幻想
But you know what truth is? 妳知道什麼是真理嗎?
It's that little baby you're holding, 那是妳懷中抱著的嬰兒
And it's that man you fought with this morning, 那是今天早上和妳共同奮鬥
the same one you're going to make love with tonight 晚上一同做愛的男人
That's truth, that's love 那就是真理,那就是愛
Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children 有時候我會為未出世的孩子哭泣
that might have made me complete 也許那會使我的生命更完整
But I, I took the sweet life 但我選擇了優渥的生活
And never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet從此不再明白痛苦是什麼
I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring 我已花了一生去探索
that cost too much to be free 為自由付出太多代價
Hey lady, I've been to paradise 女士,我曾到過天堂
But I've never been to me 但從不曾屬於自己......