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 minds If you could see you through my eyes instead of your ego I believe you'd be surprised to see that you'd been blind Walk a mile in my shoes Walk a mile in my shoes Before you abuse, criticize and accuse Walk a mile in my shoes Now, your world you see a round you is just a reflection In the law of common sense you gotta reap just what you so So, unless you will live the life of total perfection You'd better be careful of every stone that you should throw Yes, and yet we spend the day throwin' stones at one another Cause we don't think, and he don't wear his hair just like you do Well, he may, he may be common people But he's your brother And when you strike out and try to hurt him It's a-hurtin' you Ah, now- -walk a mile in my shoes Walk a mile in my shoes I said, before you accuse, criticise, and abuse You walk a mile in my shoes On, now, there are people on reservations And there are people in ghettos And over there, but the grace of God, go you and I Ah, if I only, if I only had the wings of a little angel Don't you know that I'd fly, I'd fly, I'd fly to the mountain And then I'd cry