if i could be you and you could be me for just one hour if we could find our way to get inside each other s mind if you could see you through my eyes instead of your ego mmmhmm i ll leave you to be surpised to see that you ve been blind oh yeah walk a mile in my shoes walk a mile in my shoes hey before you critcize buse and accuse walk a mile in my shoes walk a mile in my shoes hey yeah this old world you see around you it s just a reflection uh huh this law is common yeah you gotta reap just what you sow so unless if you live the life of totem affection you better be careful for every stone that you throw yet we spend days throwin stones at one another cause i don t think or wear my hair the same as you uh huh walk a mile in my shoes walk a mile in my shoes oh before you critcize buse and accuse walk a mile in my shoes walk a mile in my shoes uh huh i may be common people but i m still your brother and when you strike out or try to hurt me don t you know uh you hurt yourself hey y all there are peoples on the reservations and in the ghettos now dig this if i only had wings of an angel don t you know i d fly to the top of the mountain and cry cry oh walk a mile in my shoes walk a mile in my shoes