Instead - Stacie Orrico

I saw him shaking his change in a coffee cup

Asked for a dollar, but I told the man to give it up

Said he’s hungry, I don’t think that’s true

I bet my dollar he’d just go spend it on booze

I turned my back on him and began to walk away

But then I heard a little voice inside me say

What if it’s really true?

What if he’s hungry

What if it’s not for him?

Does he have a family?

How’d you get here?

How’d you end up on the street?

Where did it go wrong?

Wonder what I’d do if it were me

A new point of view

A walk in your shoes

I wish I could get inside your head

To see what you see

When you look at me

'Cause I could’ve lived your life instead

It was 90 degrees in the summer heat

She was veiled in black, all the way down to her feet

This is America, doesn’t she know?

Somebody take her shopping, buy her some clothes

She came up to me, I didn’t understand a word

I was about to leave, then another thought occurred

She might be really lost, scared and frustrated

I should try again to see what she’s saying

How’d you get here?

How’d you get so far from home?

What was it that made you leave?

Wonder what I’d do if it were me

A new point of view

A walk in your shoes

I wish I could get inside your head

To see what you see (See what you see)

When you look at me

'Cause I could’ve lived your life instead

I wanna see, see what you see

And I wanna feel, feel just what you feel

A new point of view

A walk in your shoes (A walk in your shoes)

I wish I could get inside your head (Get inside your head)

To see what you see

When you look at me

'Cause I could’ve lived your life instead

A new point of view

A walk in your shoes

I wish I could get inside your head

To see what you see

When you look at me

'Cause I could’ve lived your life instead

'Cause I could’ve lived your life instead

'Cause I could’ve lived your life instead