If I could be you

And you could be me

For just one hour

If we could find a way

To get inside

Each other's mind, mmm

If you could see you

Through your eyes

Instead of your ego

I believe you'd be

Surprised to see

That you'd been blind, mmm

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Walk a mile in my shoes

Now your whole world

You see around you

Is just a reflection

And the law of karma

Says you're gonna reap

Just what you sow, yes you will

So unless

You've lived a life of

Total perfection

You'd better be careful

Of every stone

That you should throw, yeah

And yet we spend the day

Throwing stones

At one another

'Cause I don't think

Or wear my hair

The same way you do, mmm

Well I may be

Common people

But I'm your brother

And when you strike out

And try to hurt me

It's a-hurtin' you, lord have mercy

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Walk a mile in my shoes

There are people

On reservations

And out in the ghettos

And brother there

But for the grace of God

Go you and I, yeah, yeah

If I only

Had the wings

Of a little angel

Don't you know I'd fly

To the top of the mountain

And then I'd cry

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Hey, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Better walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Walk a mile in my shoes

Uh, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

Walk a mile in my shoes, yeah

Walk a mile in my shoes