Charlene - please take care little sister of mine Better stay off the drugs and the wine Don't get lost in that dangerous scene My sister Charlene Stay out Charlene Just beware of the dark side of town That's where passion and sex tear you down Where the people are greedy and mean You'd better stay out Charlene I saw you last night In your fancy outfit Eying the men in the dark streets They touched your gorgeous body With their greedy eyes You've gotta believe You're far too young and beautiful Follow your heart but don't go too far Charlene - please take care little sister of mine Better stay off the drugs and the wine Don't get lost in that dangerous scene My sister Charlene Stay out Charlene Just beware of the dark side of town That's where passion and sex tear you down Where the people are greedy and mean You'd better stay out Charlene Charlene You've after for sensations That will take you some place else Beyond the frontiers of normality But the evil is waiting out there So please take care of yourself Don't give away everything you own Cos no-one will give you back The innocence that you've lost Charlene - please take care little sister of mine Better stay off the drugs and the wine Don't get lost in that dangerous scene My sister Charlene Stay out Charlene Just beware of the dark side of town That's where passion and sex tear you down Where the people are greedy and mean You'd better stay out Charlene Charlene Charlene Charlene - please take care little sister of mine Better stay off the drugs and the wine Don't get lost in that dangerous scene My sister Charlene Stay out Charlene Just beware of the dark side of town That's where passion and sex tear you down Where the people are greedy and mean You'd better stay out 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 a talk to me like I wanna talk to you Ooh, 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 Ooh, 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'posed 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 - 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