Take, take a look at the sky
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Sometimes your heaven seems so far away
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Take, take a look under here
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Where deprivation turns into decay
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I've stood under this rain
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Felt it seep into my brain
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I've shut my eyes and crawled around this mud
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I'm scared of growin' old
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I shiver when I'm cold
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Don't you think I bleed the same blood
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I, I could've been you
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You could've been me
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One small change that shapes your destiny
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If you want the proof
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Cut me and you'll see
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I could've been you
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You could've been me
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Wait, wait before you turn off
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Maybe there's a chance we can relate
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Wait everybody turns on
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Why deny a fact that's so innate
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It's not so easy anymore
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They way you used to keep score
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Not so black and white the color of your sin
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Take a walk inside my shoes
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A path I didn't choose
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Spend the night inside of my skin
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I, I could've been you
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You could've been me
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One small change that shapes your destiny
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If you want the proof
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Cut me and you'll see
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I could've been you
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You could've been me
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Change is turning into fear
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Fear is melting into hate
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With hate you justify your crime
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A crime compassion can erase
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Erase erase
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Touch, touch what I feel
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And know I believe everything I say
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So go, go if you must
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Remember one thing as you walk away
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I, I could've been you
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You could've been me
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One small change that shapes your destiny
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If you want the proof
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Cut me and you'll see
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I could've been you
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You could've been me
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I Could've Been You
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| Melissa Etheridge |
