如果你愛我，你會來找我

這是我最近很愛的一首歌

無意中從廣播聽到後，找尋了歌曲、作者

了解了歌詞的意義後，悲傷了起來～～～

作者：Charlene

她是美國80年代的女歌手，在歌壇的時間很短，唯一留下的成名作就是這首歌曲

歌詞大概的意思：

這首歌其實有著相當發人深省的內容。它描述一個歷盡滄桑的女人，看見另外一個已婚婦女在悲嘆自己的命運，忍不住提出了一些忠告。

她曾經有過放浪形骸的過 往，走遍整個世界，憑著自己的青春美貌，享受著幾乎有如天堂一般的快樂時光，王公貴族、甚至神職人員，

都曾經是她的「入幕之賓」，但是到頭來，她卻只落得 一場空，不但走投無路，連個肯友善相待的人都沒有。

天堂是什麼？那只是人們用來欺騙自己的幻想，她勸那個徬徨的婦女，好好珍惜自己擁有的，懷抱中的寶寶， 還有那個雖然有時會吵架、但真心愛她的男人，才是真正珍貴的，

那才是愛。或許她到過天堂，但是她從未找到過自我，請不要重蹈她的覆轍。

配上Charlene滄桑感的歌聲，讓人不由得悲傷了起來

女孩阿～～思考眼前所作的抉擇是對？是錯？都是那麼的重要阿～～～

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

I've been to Georgia and California, anywhere I could run
Took the hand of a preachman 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

I've been to Nice and the isle of Greece
While 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 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,
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 crying 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