我曾到過喬治亞州和加州, 任何我可以馳騁的地方

Took the hand of a preachman and we made love in the sun
牽著牧師的手, 在陽光下歡愉

But I ran out of places and friendly  faces
但我走遍各地, 看盡友善的臉孔

Because I had to be free
因為我要自由自在

I've been to paradise, but I've never been to me
我到過天堂, 卻從來不識我自己

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, 為何至今我仍孤單一人

I can see so much of me still living in your eyes
在妳眼裡可以看到當年的我

Won't you share  a part of a weary heart that has lived a million  lies

可願意讓我分擔妳那經歷無數謊言後疲憊的心

I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
我到過尼斯和希臘小島

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
我就像蒙地卡羅的哈洛展現我的本領給他們看

I've been undressed  by kings
我曾與國王們纏綿

And I've seen some things that a woman ain't supposed  to see
我見識過女人不該看的事物

I've been to paradise
我到過天堂

But I've never been to me
卻從來不識我自己

(spoken)

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
一個我們對人和地的憧憬, 所編造出來的幻想

But you know what truth is?
但你知道真相為何嗎?

It's that little baby you're holding ,
就是妳抱著的嬰兒

And it's that man you fought  with this morning,
也是妳今早跟他吵架的那個男人

the same one you're going to make love with tonight
今晚要和他做愛的同一個人

That's truth, that's love
那就是真相, 那就是愛

Sometimes I've been to crying for unborn  children
有時我會哭泣, 為了那個尚未出生

that might  have made  me complete 
可能讓我的人生完整的孩子

But I, I took  the sweet life
然而我, 我選擇甜蜜的人生

And never knew I'd be bitter  from the sweet
從不知我會變得如此痛苦

I spent  my life exploring  the subtle whoring
我一生都過著放蕩的生活

that cost  too much to be free
自由的代價太高

Hey lady, I've been to paradise

嘿 女士, 我到過天堂

But I've never been to me
卻從來不識我自己