I’ve Never Been To Me
Charlene

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 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
when 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 but I've never been to me...

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 unborn children
that might have made me complete
but I, I took the sweet life
I never knew I'd be 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
but I've never been to me...

I've been to paradise but I've never been to me...



i love this song.you know what?i think it actually makes alot of sense.sometimes its all about deciding who you wanna be.today for chinese compo there was this topic that had this quote ''早知今日，何必当初。'' suddenly this topic all seemed to piece up together.so basically, if you already know what the consequences are going to be, then why are you still doing this?take for example, the state in which im in now.so i already know im going to do soo super badly for mid-years,but im still online.this is just plain defying what im arguing right now.

sometimes people just dont get the hint.or maybe they do.they feel this intuition but shove it away.EXAMPLE: (friend) says that she has a feeling that there is chinese lesson on that day.so she checks her timetable to make sure there isnt.then she double checks cause there's this strong feeling inside her that says there is chinese today.once again, it(apparently) says no chinese.so she happily goes to school thinking that there's no chinese until i come along.and prove her wrong.kaput.her bubble has just been burst.XD

what im trying to say is that human beings sure are stubborn.you know that if you do one action something unpleasant is going to happen, yet we go ahead and do it anyway.when we do get our deserts, the blame simply gets pushed onto another's shoulders and we all easily forget that it was all our doing in the first place.

this is crucial for us to start beginning to understand ourselves:''每个人对于自己所做的每一件事或做出的每一个决定都必须自行负责。''

in case youre wondering, no i didnt write on this topic for midyears.i couldnt possibly know how to translate everything ive said above (or written) into readable and speakable chinese.instead i wrote about the ageing population.i just linked everything back to ss.and the stuupid letter-writing.they were talking about the sports school and i was happily writing about a sports centre that is fairly new just below my auntie's block!!!like WTH.im SO gonna fail.sheesh.

HAPPY LABOUR DAY IN ADVANCE!!to some, they would know that labour day is the public holiday which i love the most.this year, the mood just isnt there.maybe it is.think of labour day literally.it is pretty true isnt it.

the unfathomable female psyche??maybe youre right after all.((=

<3 cassie

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