I Couldve Been You — текст песни (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

Ive stood under this rain

Felt it seep into my brain

Ive shut my eyes and crawled around this mud

Im scared of growin old

I shiver when Im cold

Dont you think I bleed the same blood



I, I couldve been you

You couldve been me

One small change that shapes your destiny

If you want the proof

Cut me and youll see

I couldve been you

You couldve been me



Wait, wait before you turn off

Maybe theres a chance we can relate

Wait everybody turns on

Why deny a fact thats so innate

Its 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 didnt choose

Spend the night inside of my skin



I, I couldve been you

You couldve been me

One small change that shapes your destiny

If you want the proof

Cut me and youll see

I couldve been you

You couldve 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 couldve been you

You couldve been me

One small change that shapes your destiny

If you want the proof

Cut me and youll see

I couldve been you

You couldve been me