suzydoll
Cheneyville, LA
age: 62
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Any of you ladys remember this song? As I was working here this morning with the stereo on I heard it and thought WOW a weird but wonderful song with deep, intense meaning that can be interpreted many ways don't you think?
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...
Suzy
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shezakeepher
Columbia, SC
age: 53
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This song help me think long and hard when I was going through my divorce.
by David Wilcox
Just one turn to steer your fate
or wait for fate to spin you
Your trusting's fine
but much too blind
Your compass is within you
These days pass you yearning
like empty pages turning
You're holding out for something real
you can't play pretender
because you still remember
just how full your heart can feel
But how long the distance getting by and getting through
Your heart's strong insistence
says that nothing else will do
Or you could try on their distractions
wear some empty compromise
but it's hard to breathe
inside some cheap disguise
You can live your life completely
that true path you're here to find
or stay scared
and leave your destiny behind
It's right now
here's the turning point in time
Just one thing can kill this dream
to compromise your vision
We find our truth or live some lie
It rides on this decision
Meanwhile those other voices:
"hurry up and rush your choices,"
try to second guess your fate, oh yeah
"you can't wait forever"
"gotta pull yourself together"
"feel the time is running late"
Well this time right now
the turning point is here
so look deep, see clear
soon your chance will disappear
Or you could drift into distraction, wear
that empty compromise
but it's hard to breathe
inside that cheap disguise
You can live your life completely
that true path you're here to find
or stay scared and leave your destiny behind
It's right now
here's the turning point in time
Here's the turning point in time
Here's the turning point in time.
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