Joe South - Walk A Mile In My Shoes Lyrics

If I could be you, if you could be me
For just one hour
If we could find a way
To get inside each other's mind

If you could see you through my eyes
Instead of your ego
I believe you'd be
Surprised to see
That you've been blind

Walk a mile in my shoes
Walk a mile in my shoes
And 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 gonna reap
Just what you sow, yes you will

So unless you've lived a life
Of total perfection
You 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

Well, I may be common people
But I'm your brother
And when you strike out and try to hurt me
It's 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

And if I only had the wings
Of a little angel, yeah
Don't you know I'd fly
To the top of the mountain
And then I'd cry, hey

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

(Drop what you're doin')

Walk a mile in my shoes
Walk a mile in my shoes
Oh, before you abuse, criticize and accuse
Walk a mile in my shoes, yeah