I've never been to me
今天下午朋友们推荐了一首歌，SHE的《I've never been to me》，下的时候发现，这首歌是Charlene Duncan于1977首唱的并收于同名专辑中，但是由于宣传的原因，反响不大。直到1982年，才被发现并“老曲新红”，并重录多次。后来翻唱者众多，邓丽君《思君集》、李玟《勇敢去爱》、周慧敏《Back For You》、SHE《青春株式会社》、黄莺莺《Portrait》等均有翻唱。
一个享受过犹如天堂一般的快乐时光的女人，到头来，却只落得一场空，不但走投无路，而且连个肯友善相待得人都没有。面对着这个悲叹自己的命运已婚妇女，她低吟着道出自己的一生，劝那位彷徨的妇女，好好珍惜自己拥有的，怀抱中得宝宝，还有那个虽然有时会吵架、但真心爱她的男人，才是真正珍贵的，那才是爱。或许她到过天堂，但是她从未找到过自我，请不要重蹈她得覆辙。
人的一生总有许多梦想、许多愿望、许多目标，在追逐的过程中，也许会迷失方向。当回头看时，也许会发现自己到了梦想的另一端，也许许多目标都达到了，才发现自己本已拥有、心灵中最值得珍惜的却丢掉了。在一步步的人生中，迷失了自己。
平心而论，Charlene 的确是蓝调高手，每一个音符都能像星星一样进入我的内心、在我的天空闪耀。而dengnijun演绎的《I've never been to me》有着她特有的明亮与温润，如牛奶般浸淫我的心灵。
这两个版本的我都喜欢。
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I've never been to me
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'll never do
But I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you
I've been to Georgia and California, anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preachman 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 lies
Oh,I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece
While I sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
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
(spoken)
Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie
A fantasy we create about people and places as we'd 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're going to make love with 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 cost too much to be free
Hey lady, I've been to paradise
But I've never been to me
一个享受过犹如天堂一般的快乐时光的女人，到头来，却只落得一场空，不但走投无路，而且连个肯友善相待得人都没有。面对着这个悲叹自己的命运已婚妇女，她低吟着道出自己的一生，劝那位彷徨的妇女，好好珍惜自己拥有的，怀抱中得宝宝，还有那个虽然有时会吵架、但真心爱她的男人，才是真正珍贵的，那才是爱。或许她到过天堂，但是她从未找到过自我，请不要重蹈她得覆辙。
人的一生总有许多梦想、许多愿望、许多目标，在追逐的过程中，也许会迷失方向。当回头看时，也许会发现自己到了梦想的另一端，也许许多目标都达到了，才发现自己本已拥有、心灵中最值得珍惜的却丢掉了。在一步步的人生中，迷失了自己。
平心而论，Charlene 的确是蓝调高手，每一个音符都能像星星一样进入我的内心、在我的天空闪耀。而dengnijun演绎的《I've never been to me》有着她特有的明亮与温润，如牛奶般浸淫我的心灵。
这两个版本的我都喜欢。
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I've never been to me
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'll never do
But I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you
I've been to Georgia and California, anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preachman 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 lies
Oh,I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece
While I sipped champagne on a yacht
I've moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
I've been undressed by kings
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
(spoken)
Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie
A fantasy we create about people and places as we'd 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're going to make love with 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 cost too much to be free
Hey lady, I've been to paradise
But I've never been to me
