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      I've Never Been to Me，和小九还有PINK在OPPO听到这首歌，三个人都觉得似曾相识，很早以前的歌曲了，但是就是想不起来名字。小九凭着仅存的记忆，回忆起了周慧敏唱过她的粤语版，可是我还是毫无印象，因为这歌我可以肯定自己听过的就是英文版。今天突然想起来这首歌，百度了一下，果然这歌是我在98年的时候的一盘英文杂锦磁带上的歌曲，挖好早的回忆哦，距离现在都快10年了。

      看了美国女歌手夏琳(Charlene)的简历感到一丝的悲伤。Charlene- 中文名被译为夏琳,出生于50年代的好莱坞。在病弱中度过了童年时代。16岁辍学，17岁结婚却因吸毒被送进了戒毒所而后离婚。76年发行了这首曲，很快销声匿迹。82年无意中被定购一发不可收拾，竟跃居全美排行第三位，也成为Charlene唯一的一首成名曲。仔细理解歌词会发现这是一个女人在悔恨自己因为追求自由而付出了太多的代价。它唱出了Charlene自己的心声 。这是一首充满女性自觉的抒情歌曲。

      一个历经沧桑的女人，看见另外一个已婚妇女在悲叹自己的命运，忍不住提出了一些忠告。她曾有过放浪形骸的过往，走遍整个世界，凭着自己的青春美貌，享受着几乎犹如天堂一般的快乐时光，王公贵族、甚至神职人员，都曾经是她的入幕之宾，但是到头来，她却只落得一场空，不但走投无路，连个肯友善相待的人都没有。天堂是什么？那只是人们用来欺骗自己的幻想。她劝那个彷徨的女人，好好珍惜自己拥有的，珍惜自己怀抱中的宝宝，还有那个虽然有时会吵架，但真心爱她的男人，那才是真正珍贵的，那才是爱。或许她到过天堂，但是她从未找到过自我，请不要重蹈她的覆辙。

      你是否也曾经为了所谓的“自由”、和眼前的享乐，而做出错误的决定呢？有时候，不妨仔细的想一想，如果那些抉择所带来的后果并不是你所希望得到的，或许下一回你必须做出另外一中选择的时候，你要审慎的仔细思考了。希望当我们两鬓斑白时，不要发出“I've never been to me"的叹息！

    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'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.....

    Oh, I've been to Georgia and California and anywhere I could run
    I 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 million lies....

    Oh, I've been to Niece and the Isle of Greece while I've 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, 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 took the sweet life, I never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
    I've spent my life exploring the subtle whoring that costs too much to be free
    Hey lady......
    I've been to paradise, (I've been to paradise)
    But I've never been to me

    (I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
    I've been to paradise, never been to me
    (I've been to Neice and the isle of Greece while I've sipped champagne on a yacht)
    I've been to paradise, never been to me
    (I've been to cryin' for unborn children that might have made me complete)
    I've been to paradise, never been to me
    (I've been to Georgia and California, and anywhere I could run)
    I've been to paradise, never been to me