嗯這首是我的最愛之一....一首可以聽了讓人心情平復的歌曲....聽起來很耳熟...好像在很久以前就已不經意的住進心中.....讓人不經意可以隨時跟著哼唱... 而旋律卻讓人感到輕鬆 自在.....

我們時常在別人的故事中 遭遇中 彷彿看到了自己的影子.........那入土的陰影 陰霾 好像隨時要降臨在別人身上似的......ㄧ種不祥的迴音 縈繞在每個人的耳中.........而你已經經歷過 體會過 明知阻止也無法改變結果的節奏步調......那些指尖碰到的錯誤........追尋著一個不曾存在的自由.....尋覓ㄧ個安靜的世界.... 時間不曾打擾....... 歲月不曾流逝....靜謐安詳....逃避現實 而活在一個幻想的時空國度中... 讓錯覺划過每個想像的街道....而無法自拔?等等太多矛盾衝突的實際狀況!


這是首充滿女性自覺的抒情歌曲....回顧了自己荒誕不經的人生....

其敘述方式頗為特別，因為歌中傾訴的對象正是心裡的另一個自己.......

1982年，這首歌在美國排行榜節節上升，在亞軍的位子待了好幾週....

在此，要順便向黃鶯鶯這位歌手致敬，因為出道以來，

黃鶯鶯始終保持對流行音樂靈敏的嗅覺與獨特的品味，是位與世界同步的優質歌手。

她慧眼相中I've never been to me，早在它流行之前，即翻唱了這首歌，便是極佳的例證..........

I've never been to me (從不曾屬於自己)

Hey lady, you, lady, cursing at your life
嗨！女士，咒罵著自己人生的女士
You're a discontented mother and a regimented wife
妳是個不滿現狀的母親，也是個蠻橫的妻子
I've no doubt you dream about the things you'll never do
對你夢想的事，我並不懷疑
But I wish someone had talked to me like I wanna talk to you
但我多麼希望有人對我說過這些話，如同我想告訴你的一樣
I've been to Georgia and California, anywhere I could run
我到過喬治亞州、加州和任何我想去的地方
Took the hand of a preach man and we made love in the sun
牽著傳教士的手，在陽光下做愛
But I ran out of places and friendly faces
我走投無路，看盡人情冷暖
Because I had to be free
只因我想要自由
I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me
我曾到過天堂，但從來不曾屬於自己
Please lady, please, lady, don't just walk away
求求妳，女士，別走開
Cause I have this need to tell you why I'm all alone today
因為我必須告訴妳，為何我現在孓然一身
I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
從妳眼裡，我看到了昔日的我
Won't you share a part of a weary heart
何不讓我分擔妳那脆弱的心
That has lived a million lies
妳那活在千萬個謊言中的心
I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
我到過尼斯，到過希臘群島
While I sipped champagne on a yacht
在遊艇上啜飲著香檳
I moved like Harlow in Monte Carlo and showed 'em what I've got
我像珍哈露一樣搬到蒙地卡羅，炫耀我的斬獲
I've been undressed by kings
我曾在國王面前寬衣解帶
And I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed to see
也曾看過一些女人不該看到的事物
I've been to paradise
我曾到過天堂
But I've never been to me
但從來不曾屬於自己

(spoken)(口白)
Hey, you know what paradise is? It's a lie
嘿，妳曉得什麼是天堂嗎？那是個謊言
A fantasy we create about people and places as we'd like them to be
那是我們對人、事、地的憧憬 所編織出來的幻想
But you know what truth is?
但妳知道什麼是真理嗎？
It's that little baby you're holding,
那是妳懷中抱著的嬰兒
And it's that man you fought with this morning,the same one you're going to make love with tonight
那是今天早上和妳吵架 晚上卻一同做愛的男人
That's truth, that's love
那就是真理，那就是愛
Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn children
有時候我會為未出世的孩子哭泣
that might have made me complete
也許那會使我的人生更完整
But I, I took the sweet life
但我選擇了優渥的生活
And never knew I'd be bitter from the sweet
卻從來不知道樂極也會生悲
I spent my life exploring the subtle whoring
我已花了一生縱情聲色
That cost too much to be free
為自由付出太多代價
Hey lady, I've been to paradise
女士，我曾到過天堂
But I've never been to me
但從不曾屬於自己