Instead-Madeleine Peyroux

[00:10.75]I saw him shaking his change in a coffee cup [00:13.50]Asked for a dollar but I told the man to give it up [00:16.06]Said he's hungry i dont think that it's true [00:18.68]I bet my dollar he'd just spend it on booze [00:21.10]I turned my back on him and began to walk away [00:23.75]But then i heard a little voice inside me say [00:26.34]What if it's really true? [00:28.01]What if he's hungry? [00:28.86]What if it's not for him? [00:29.85]Does he have a family? [00:31.21]How'd you get here [00:32.71]How'd you end up on the street [00:36.44]Where did you go wrong [00:39.06]Wonder what I'd do if it were me [00:41.69]Chorus: [00:42.63]A new point of view [00:45.35]A walk in your shoes [00:47.75]I wish I could get inside your head [00:52.56]To see what you see [00:55.37]When you look at me [00:58.14]Cause I could have lived your life instead [01:05.80]Verse 2: [01:07.65]It was 90 degrees in the Summer heat [01:10.33]She was veiled in black all the way down to her feet [01:12.92]This is America doesn't she know [01:15.46]Somebody take her shopping buy her some clothes [01:17.99]She came up to me I didn't understand a word [01:20.57]I was about to leave then another thought occurred [01:23.10]She might be really lost scared and frustrated [01:25.66]I should try again to see what she's saying [01:28.41]How'd you get here [01:30.78]How'd you get so far from home [01:33.13]What was it that made you leave [01:35.76]Wonder what I'd do if it were me [01:38.60]Chorus: [01:39.47]A new point of view [01:41.88]A walk in your shoes [01:44.37]I wish I could get inside your head [01:49.65]To see what you see when you look at me [02:00.37]I wanna see oh see what you see [02:05.34]And I wanna feel oh feel just what you feel [02:19.52]Chorus: [02:20.59]A new point of view [02:23.00]A walk in your shoes [02:25.73]I wish I could get inside your head [02:30.86]To see what you see when you look at me [02:36.14]Cause I could have lived your life instead [02:52.42]To see what you see when you look at me [02:56.66]Cause I could have lived your life instead [03:06.37]Chorus(2x) [03:07.08]Cuz I could have lived your life instead(2x) [03:17.49]Cuz I could have lived your life instead(2x)