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Old 05-14-2004, 10:46 AM   #1
WSUCougar
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Epic Sappy Song

My wife and I sometimes use the DirectTV music channels for background music, and quite often the "80s" is the choice. Yesterday I heard a song which sounded vaguely familiar for its syrupy, overly-sweet sound, and if I heard the lyrics correctly I thought it might rank as one of the epic sappy songs. So I looked it up on the internet, and sure enough…
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Never Been to Me
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written by Ken Kirsch and Ronald Miller; sung by Charlene
Hey lady, you, lady, cursin' at your life
You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
I've no doubt you dream about the things you never do
But I wish someone had a talk to me like I wanna talk to you
Ooh I've been to Georgia and California, oh, anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preacherman 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 Nice and the isle of Greece
Where I sipped champagne on a yacht
I 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 s'posed to see
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me

(this part is 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 cryin' for unborn children
That might have made me complete
But I, I took the sweet life and 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
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
(I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
While I sipped champagne on a yacht)
I've been to paradise - never been to me
(I've been to cryin' for unborn children...)
(fade)
Isle of Greece? Undressed by kings? Subtle whoring?

YEESH!
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Old 05-14-2004, 10:53 AM   #2
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Whoring rhymes with exploring. Brilliant!
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Old 05-14-2004, 11:17 AM   #3
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I have decided that this will be my choice of song for my American Idol tryout next year...Like to see them tell me im bad after i rhyme that
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Old 05-14-2004, 11:20 AM   #4
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I like the rhyme "your snoring turned me to whoring" better.
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Old 05-14-2004, 02:17 PM   #5
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The "whoring" line is getting all the attention.

But what about "I've been undressed by kings and I've seen some things that a woman ain't s'posed to see." What the hell is that saying?
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Old 05-14-2004, 02:29 PM   #6
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It doesn't matter...kings and things rhyme!
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Old 05-14-2004, 03:02 PM   #7
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"I've been undressed by kings and seen their cock rings" rhymes too...
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Old 05-14-2004, 03:12 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by CamEdwards
"I've been undressed by kings and seen their cock rings" rhymes too...
Maybe that's what a woman "ain't s'posed to see."
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Old 05-14-2004, 03:18 PM   #9
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Maybe that's what a woman "ain't s'posed to see."

...but it couldn't be mentioned specifically in the song, because that would go beyond "subtle whoring."
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