You haven't seen me 'roundnthis part of town.nWell I've been missing, yes it's true.nnYou ask me why the long face.nWell put yourself in my place,nand tell me now, what would you do?nnIf everything you wanted and everything you knewngathered up her things and walked right out on younWell would you be here today nursing the bottle instead of me?nYou see...nnYou'll never know how much I stand to lose,nuntil you walk a mile in my shoes.nAnd you'll never know the sorry state I'm in,nuntil you spend a day in my skin.nnTo dodge the painful truthnI reach for eighty proofnand I try to find some answers here.nnI don't mean to glorify this poison.nI hardly feel it was a very good year.nnSince all my stubborn pridenand my stubborn waysnpushed her to the line each and every day,nwell, with all that aside, this is now what comforts me.nYou see...nnYou'll never know how much I stand to lose,nuntil you walk a mile in my shoes.nAnd you'll never know the sorry state I'm in,nuntil you spend a day in my skin.nnIf anything was learnednit's everything was lostnand the price, in turn, is never worth the cost.nWhen I come home at night to find the pictures of her and me.nYou see...nnYou'll never know how much I stand to lose,nuntil you walk a mile in my shoes.nAnd you'll never know the sorry state I'm in,nuntil you spend a day in my skin.