Side By Side Lyrics

Did you walk in the shoes of

A locked-up man

Did you run in the steps of

One who can't

When you say to your neighbor

Get out and don't come back

Did you live in his hometown shack

Did you stand in the rain and

No place was home

Did you sit with your back bare

In freezing snow

Did you say to your children

Leave for a strange new land

But I won't be there to hold your hand

Don't build fences

Don't build hate, no

Don't tear us apart

We are better together

We can't hide here forever

We're all interdependent, born to be friends and

Better than in a fight is

Side by side

Did you call up a friend for

A helping hand

Can you think what is like with

None at hand

Did you crouch on the sidewalk

Alone with a paper cup

Getting kicked when you won't look up

Don't build fences

Don't build hate, no

Don't tear us apart

We are better together

We can't hide here forever

We're all interdependent, born to be friends and

Better than in a fight is

Side by side

See how shadows cloud our land,

And our thinking, our moral stand

Get real and, see there's space for

Those that can need our hands

Don't build fences

Don't build hate, no

Don't tear us apart

We are better together

We can't hide here forever

We're all interdependent, born to be friends and

Better than in a fight is

Side by side