夏琳·瑪莉琳·奧利佛（Charlene Marilynn Oliver），舊姓丹傑羅（D'Angelo）（1950年6月1日生於加州好萊塢），是位美國R&B歌手，通常稱為夏琳（Charlene），因〈我從未找到自我〉（I've Never Been to Me作曲Ron Miller和Ken Kirsch）而廣為人知，且被定義為一片歌手。
1973年簽約摩城唱片，當時使用「夏琳·鄧肯」（Charlene Duncan）的名字。1974年1月發表了其首張個人專輯All That Love Went To Waste。1977年以I've Never Been To Me成為Hot 100單曲的第97名。1980年離開摩城唱片，搬到英國。1982年，DJ Scott Shannon在電台播出了I've Never Been To Me，引起不少聽眾的興趣。這首歌在美國進入了排行榜的第3位，在英國則有第1位。(以上資料來自維基百科)
I've never been to me Cherlene
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
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