Released: June 1, 1970
Songwriter: Joe South
Producer: Roger Seman Felton Jarvis
[Verse 1]
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, I believe you'd be surprised to see
That you've been blind
[Chorus]
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
Now if we spend the day
Throwing stones at one another
'Cause I don't think, 'cause I don't think I wear my hair the same way you do
Well, I may be common people
But I'm your brother
When you strike out
To try to hurt me
It's hurtin' you
Lord have mercy
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Now there are people on reservations
And out in the ghetto
And brother there, but for the grace of god
Go you and me
If I only had the wings
Of a little angel
Don't you know, I'd fly to the top of a mountain
And then I'd cry, cry, cry
[Chorus] [x2]
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, I believe you'd be surprised to see
That you've been blind
[Chorus]
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
Now if we spend the day
Throwing stones at one another
'Cause I don't think, 'cause I don't think I wear my hair the same way you do
Well, I may be common people
But I'm your brother
When you strike out
To try to hurt me
It's hurtin' you
Lord have mercy
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
Now there are people on reservations
And out in the ghetto
And brother there, but for the grace of god
Go you and me
If I only had the wings
Of a little angel
Don't you know, I'd fly to the top of a mountain
And then I'd cry, cry, cry
[Chorus] [x2]
more tracks from the album
Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential ’70s Masters
- Something
- Good Time Charlie’s Got the Blues
- Promised Land
- Mr. Songman
- It’s Midnight
- If You Talk In Your Sleep
- Thinking About You
- You Asked Me To
- T-R-O-U-B-L-E (1975)
- Susan When She Tried
- Shake A Hand
- Pieces Of My Life
- I Can Help
- Talk About the Good Times
- My Boy
- I’ve Got a Thing About You Baby
- You Gave Me a Mountain
- Raised On Rock
- Are You Sincere
- Steamroller Blues
- For Ol’ Times Sake
- Just a Little Bit
- My Way
- It’s Over
- I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Take Good Care of Her
- Loving Arms
- I Got a Feelin’ in My Body
- Bringing It Back
- Green, Green Grass Of Home
- Hurt
- Lady Madonna
- The Sound Of Your Cry
- It’s Diff’rent Now
- The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
- A Hundred Years From Now
- Rags To Riches
- The Twelfth Of Never
- It’s Only Love
- Where Did They Go, Lord
- Got My Mojo Working / Keep Your Hands Off Of It
- I Shall Be Released
- She Thinks I Still Care (Alternate Take)
- Softly As I Leave You
- Alla En El Rancho Grande
- It’s A Matter Of Time
- Danny Boy
- For The Heart
- Love Coming Down
- Unchained Melody
- He’ll Have To Go
- Way Down
- Pledging My Love
- Moody Blue
- She Thinks I Still Care
- Always On My Mind
- I’m Leavin’
- Separate Ways
- Froggy went a-courtin’
- Burning Love
- Heartbreak Hotel
- The Next Step Is Love
- Stranger In The Crowd
- Just Pretend
- I’ve Lost You
- Snowbird
- You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’
- You Don’t Have To Say You Love Me
- Tomorrow Never Comes
- Little Cabin On The Hill
- Mary In The Morning
- Patch It Up
- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- See See Rider
- The Wonder of You
- I Was The One
- One Night
- A Big Hunk O’ Love
- Reconsider Baby
- I’ll Remember You
- Tiger Man
- Stranger In My Own Home Town
- Suspicious Minds
- Let It Be Me
- Walk A Mile In My Shoes
- Proud Mary
- Polk Salad Annie
- How The Web Was Woven
- Funny How Time Slips Away
- Twenty Days And Twenty Nights
- We Can Make The Morning
- Until It’s Time For You To Go
- Never Been To Spain
- Fool (Elvis ’73)
- The Impossible Dream
- For The Good Times
- An American Trilogy
- It’s Still Here
- It’s Impossible
- (That’s What You Get) For Lovin’ Me
- I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen
- I Will Be True
- Amazing Grace
- I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago
- Merry Christmas Baby
- I Really Don’t Want To Know
- I Just Can’t Help Believin’
- There Goes My Everything
- It’s Your Baby, You Rock It
- The Fool
- Faded Love
- I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water
- Make The World Go Away
- Life
- It Ain’t No Big Thing (But It’s Growing)
- Cindy, Cindy
- Heart of Rome
- Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
From the albums
- On Stage (1970)
- Walk a Mile in My Shoes: The Essential ’70s Masters (1995)
Elvis Presley popular songs
- Can’t Help Falling in Love
- Jailhouse Rock
- Love Me Tender
- Hound Dog
- Suspicious Minds
- Heartbreak Hotel
- Are You Lonesome Tonight?
- Unchained Melody
- In the Ghetto
- Blue Suede Shoes
- Don’t Be Cruel
- Blue Christmas
- Burning Love
- I Can’t Stop Loving You
- Stuck on You
- Always On My Mind
- If I Can Dream
- (You’re The) Devil In Disguise
- My Way
- An American Trilogy
- All Shook Up
- A Little Less Conversation
- Love Me
- It’s Now Or Never