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Sinéad O'Connor – Where Have You Been? (2014) | Track profile | Dork

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Sinéad O'Connor
I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss (Deluxe Edition)
Where Have You Been?

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Sinéad O'Connor

Where Have You Been?

Release date: 11th August 2014

From I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss (Deluxe Edition)

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About This Track

"Where Have You Been?" is a track by Sinéad O'Connor, from the album I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss (Deluxe Edition), released 11th August 2014. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 1 article about Sinéad O'Connor.

About the Artist

Sinéad O'Connor

Sinéad O'Connor

Lyrics

Where Have You Been?

What does it mean when a man's eyes turn black

When you're making love?

What does it mean when a man's eyes turn black?

Tell me 'cause I never seen something quite scared me like that

I saw darkness where I should have seen light

And it wasn't the beautiful darkness of night

But a thing of a kind that would cause a fright

I saw darkness where I should have seen light

Where have you been?

Where have you been?

Eyes more frightening I've never seen

What do they want with me?

What do they want with me?

Eyes more frightening I've never seen

Same as it means when a prince's eyes turn white

Sitting by his door in the midnight

Tin-foil on his windows 'cause he can't take light

And it wasn't the beautiful wisdom of light

But a white of a kind that would give you a fright

Colour all gone, no iris in sight

I saw darkness where I should have seen light

Where have you been?

Where have you been?

Eyes more frightening I've never seen

What do they want with me?

What do they want with me?

Eyes more frightening I've never seen

Same when the friend of the prince spikes your smoke

Hoping to make you a mess and a joke

But you never were his, you never were his

No matter what he did

Where have you been?

Where have you been?

Eyes more frightening I've never seen

What do they want with me?

What do they want with me?

Eyes more frightening I've never seen

Where have you been?

Where have you been?

Eyes more frightening I've never seen

What do they want with me?

What do they want with me?

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Track details

From I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss (Deluxe Edition)

2014

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Album

I'm Not Bossy, I'm the Boss (Deluxe Edition)

Sinéad O'Connor

11th August 2014

Release year

2014

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—Take Me to Church
—8 Good Reasons
—Streetcars
—Your Green Jacket
—How Nice a Woman Can Be
—Harbour
—Dense Water, Deeper Down
—Make a Fool of Me All Night
—Where Have You Been?
—Little Story
—The Voice of My Doctor
—How About I Be Me

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Kate Nash has paid tribute to Sinéad O'Connor with a reworked version of 'Famine'

Kate Nash has paid tribute to Sinéad O'Connor with a reworked version of 'Famine'

The cover carries personal weight through Nash's dual British-Irish heritage. And a tin whistle.

13 Apr 2026 • 9:36 am

Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: John Reynolds, Sinéad O’Connor
Producer: John Reynolds