Joe South Walk A Mile In My Shoes Lyrics

Walk A Mile In My Shoes Lyrics

Walk A Mile In My Shoes

 Joe South and The Believers

 Written by Joe South

 

 Peaked at # 12 in 1970

 Re-make 4 months later by Willie Hightower managed only # 107

 

 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

 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

 Yeah, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

 Walk a mile in my shoes

 

 Well, your whole world you see around you is just a reflection

 And the law of common says you're gonna reap just what you sow

 

 So unless you've lived a life of total perfection

 Mm-mm, you'd better be careful of every stone that you should throw

 

 Yet we spend the day throwin' stones at one another

 'cause I don't think or wear my hair 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 a 'hurtin you,

 

 Walk a mile in my shoes, walk a mile in my shoes

 Yeah, 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

 

 If I only had the wings of little angels don'tcha 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

 Oh, before you abuse, criticize and accuse

 Walk a mile in my shoes,

 

 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

 

 TRANSCRIBER'S NOTE: rather ignominious ending-no two musicians seem to

 stop at the same time