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Artist: Stacie Orrico
Canonical path: /stacie-orrico/instead
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Instead
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Instead
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I saw him shaking his change in a coffee cup
Ask for a dollar ,but I told the man to give it up
He said he's hungry I don't think that is true
I bet my dollar he'd spend it on bozze
I turn by back to him and began to walk away
But them I heard a little voice inside me say
What if is really true,what if his hungry
What if is not for him, does he has a family?
How'd you get here? how'd you end up on a street?
Where did it go wrong?
Wonder what I'd do if it were me?
(Chorus)
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 degres in a summer heat
She was vailed in black all the way down to her feet
This is America doesn't she know,somebody take her shopping and buy her same clothes
She came up to me I did'nt understand a word
I was about to leave then another taught occured
She might be really lost scared and fustrasted..
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 ya leave?
Wonder what i'd do if it were me?
(Chorus 2x)
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Stacie Orrico performs "Instead", and this lyric page sits inside the Stacie Orrico catalog on LyroVerse.
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