I Could Have Been You - Melissa Etheridge

Take, take a look at the sky

Sometimes your heaven seems so far away

Take, take a look under here

Where deprivation turns into decay

I’ve stood under this rain

Felt it seep into my brain

I’ve shut my eyes and crawled around this mud

I’m scared of growin’old

I shiver when I’m cold

Don’t you think I bleed the same blood

I, I could’ve been you

You could’ve been me One small change that shapes your destiny

If you want the proof

Cut me and you’ll see

I could’ve been you

You could’ve been me Wait, wait before you turn off

Maybe there’s a chance we can relate

Wait everybody turns on Why deny a fact that’s so innate

It’s not so easy anymore

They way you used to keep score

Not so black and white the color of your sin

Take a walk inside my shoes

A path I didn’t choose

Spend the night inside of my skin

I, I could’ve been you

You could’ve been me One small change that shapes your destiny

If you want the proof

Cut me and you’ll see

I could’ve been you

You could’ve been me Change is turning into fear

Fear is melting into hate

With hate you justify your crime

A crime compassion can erase

Erase erase

Touch, touch what I feel

And know I believe everything I say

So go, go if you must

Remember one thing as you walk away

I, I could’ve been you

You could’ve been me One small change that shapes your destiny

If you want the proof

Cut me and you’ll see

I could’ve been you

You could’ve been me