If I could be you and you could be me for just one hour, oh yeah And if we could find a way to get inside each other's mind, oh yeah If you could see you through my eyes instead of your ego, alright I believe you'd be surprised to see that you'd been blind, oh yeah Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes Before you abuse, criticize and accuse Walk a mile in my shoes Yet we spend the day throwin' stones at one another, oh yeah 'Cause I don't think or wear my hair the same way that you do Well, I maybe common people but I'm your brother, oh yeah And when you strike out and try to hurt me, it's hurtin' you And oh 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, oh yeah Oh there are people on the reservation and down in the ghettos, oh yeah And brother, but for the grace of God, it could be you and I, oh yeah And if I only had the wings of a little angel, oh yeah, don't you know I'd fly To the top of the mountain and then I would cry Oh walk a mile in my shoes, oh yeah, walk a mile in my shoes, alright And before you abuse, criticize and accuse Walk a mile in my shoes Oh walk a mile in my shoes, oh yeah, walk a mile in my shoes