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April 22, 2017 · A Life In Song, Bullies & Bullying, healing songs, Joe Mennonna Arrangements, Life In Song 2010's, Overcoming Adversity, Suffering

Walk In My Shoes (Rough Mix to Final track) #436

About this song:

It’s a compilation of several different true stories as well as my own experiences dealing with bullying and teasing in school.

Please note: I dislike the term “anti-Bullying” because I’m not “anti” anyone. However people are actually searching for “anti bullying songs” as a keyword and I want them to find this.

Personally, I much prefer “bullying prevention songs” but that’s just my mind set.

The popular notion is that “Somebody’s got to do something about these bullies! Someone’s got to make these kids stop being mean and start being kind and compassionate.”

In a perfect world that would be possible. Unfortunately not everybody has “gotten the memo” to be kind. Ultimately the person with the most power to stop bullying in my own experience is the “target” of bullying. That’s why at the end of the song I flip the refrain from “YOU might understand why I do what I do, YOU might understand why I am who I am” into “I might understand why YOU do what you do I might understand why YOU are who YOU are…” In my experience working with kids one on one in my private practice is that the Bully’s secret is that he or she is being targeted somewhere else in his or her life and is attempting to make themselves feel better at the expense of some other, weaker kid.

Check back soon for the “final mix” with Rilee O’Neill joining me on vocals!

Here’s the final mix or Mastered Mix that I promised you form my new Ce, “The Key To Your Cage” (physical CD Available on Amazon.com):

Lyrics:
If You Could Walk In My Shoes version 3
| 11/19/11- 12/15/11 | Song # 436

Character 1: 5 am the alarm rings again
Character 2: 6:15 I’m standing out in the rain
Character 3: The bus arrives and so does the pain
Character 4: I put on a mask so I don’t have to explain
Character 5: 6:42 I walk into the school with you
Character 6: Who I really am, you don’t have a clue
Character 7: Sometimes I feel like my heart is full of holes
Character 8: Broken laces, worn down soles…

Refrain:
If you could walk in my shoes
If you could walk in my shoes
If you could walk in my shoes
You might understand why I do what I do…
You might understand why I am who I am…

11 am cafeteria line
Eating lunch alone again trying not to lose my mind
You judge and taunt me for the way I look
If you only dared to read more than the cover of this book

Refrain:

2:00 pm. Fell asleep in math again
The teacher woke me up and everybody laughed again
You all had fun at my expense
What you don’t get is that I have no defenses left…

Refrain:

My parents drink and they often fight all night
I can’t sleep because my gut is wound too tight
I don’t remember when the good times stopped
This mask is so heavy I’m ready to drop…

Refrain2:
If I could walk in your shoes
If I could walk in your shoes
If I could walk in Your shoes
I might understand why you do what you do…
I might understand why you are who you are…

Copyright 2011-2017 by Mark Shepard. All Rights Reserved. Used with permission.

Any questions? Please feel free to contact me!

Filed Under: A Life In Song, Bullies & Bullying, healing songs, Joe Mennonna Arrangements, Life In Song 2010's, Overcoming Adversity, Suffering

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Never fails to move me…

Your incredible music never fails to move me. Thank you, Mark.

Paula

You write some great songs!

Hi Mark, You write some great songs! I really enjoyed listening to all of them on Spark and Flame. Thank you for all that you do. Keep up the good work! All the best.

Susan

Your song was just perfect to start my day…

Mark, your song ‘Freedom (It’s Been  Long Road)’ was just perfect to start my day. I LOVE IT!  Thank you, Thank you.  Blessings to you and much gratitude for your musical gift.

Judy

Brilliant!

Brilliant! I LOVE seeing the words to all these beloved songs, thanks!

Mary F.

You have put a grown man in tears…

Mark, this song and message really hit home for me today. You have put a grown man in tears. Thank You for what you do. Sometimes I think you sound kind of cheesy, and then others, I think you are a genius, and I’m beginning to realize that you actually care about helping people. So hard to “get out of your own way” sometimes…thanks for the reminder.

Jeremy

Love your lyrics!

Love your music! Love your lyrics!

Robin Bridgeford

I Love listening to all your songs…

Mark, you really are an amazing songwriter! I Love listening to all your songs and sitting in the creative aura they create!

Cheri

They love (your song) and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

My name is Cecile. I teach kindergarten at OMSD. I had the pleasure of using your song Together We Can Change The World to help my students make a difference in this wonderful world! They love it and ask to listen to it, ALWAYS.

Cecile Arvizo

Total awesomeness!!!

‘Let’s Run’ is MY FAVORITE so far.. I LOVE THIS ONE.. great job.. total awesomeness!!! I thank Jana Stanfield for introducing me to your gifts. I am grateful.

Merril

Enjoying your songs so much…

Hello Mark. I am enjoying your songs so much! I’d love to see you play live somewhere.

Marianne

I loved the song and listened to it 3 times….

Hi Mark, I just had to tell you this. I emailed my 3 granddaughters the song you wrote who are sisters with the youngest being 11 years old, has cerebral palsy and is very smart, is able to talk, very funny, uses a computer, is able to write, now is learning to play drums, emails me ‘Thanks. I do.’ I loved the song and listened to it 3 times.

Gail Russ

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred…

Your lyrics embody everything we hold sacred and dear as a faith community.

Gina Sullivan, Sisters of the Congregation of St. Joseph

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album…

Love the “Key To Your Cage” album. I hear so many different influences and styles woven throughout the songs, really keeps it interesting from start to finish!

Dan Z

Been singing the chorus since the first day I heard it…

I sh*t you not when I say I’ve been singing the chorus to Honest Rock since the first day I heard it. I sing this every single day. Many times a day. Seriously. It’s like a mantra to me. It soothes me:-)

Gene Moore

For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love…

Dear Mark, THANK YOU for sending *Spark & Flame*!!!! This CD certainly is a compilation of Conscious Love Songs! As I listen I am transported to memory after memory past, present and future, fulfilled and unfulfilled. I was flooded with many different emotions. I cried, laughed, held my breath and also breathed deep heart-centered breaths of connection to the Divine. I feel joy, grief, sadness, compassion, love, awe, freedom, kindness, gratitude and appreciation. For me these songs are transformational lessons in self-love, releasing, acceptance for what was, what is and who I am. Knowing that I am enough and that I am Divinely Loved.

J

Just awesome…

Your music is taking over my life and it’s awesome!

Eric

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