I can do my best to tell you what it feels like in my skin

But you can't really know a man till you've gone where he's been

I could give you all the details, but you'd never understand

What it means to let that woman slip right through your hands



I guess you had to be there when she smiled

Had to feel the passion running wild

To really know the woman and the child

I guess you had to be there



Until she's stripped the layers off and seen into your soul

Till you've watched her make a diamond from a worthless piece of coal

Till you've held an angel and let her fly away

You won't ever understand no matter what I say



I guess you had to be there when she smiled

Had to feel the passion running wild

To really know the woman and the child

I guess you had to be there



I guess you had to be there when she smiled

Had to feel the passion running wild

Till you've walked in my shoes for a mile

I guess you had to be there

I guess you had to be there

I guess you had to be there