You got a lotta nerve to
Say you are my friend
When I was down you just stood there grinning

You got a lotta nerve to say
You gotta helping hand to lend
You just want to be on
The side that's winning

You say I let you down
You know it's not like that
If you're so hurt
Why then don't you show it?

You say you lost your faith but
That's not where it's at
You had no faith to lose and you know it

I know the reason that you
Talk behind my back
I used to be among the crowd you're in with

Do you take me for such a
Fool to think I'd make contact?
With the one who tries to hide what
He don't know to begin with?

You see me on the street
You always act surprised
You say: 'How are you? Good luck'
- but you don't mean it

When you know as well as me
You'd rather see me paralyzed
Why don't you just come out
Once and scream it?

No, I do not feel that good when
I see the heartbreaks you embrace
If I was a master thief, perhaps I'd rob them

And now I know you're dissatisfied with
Your position and your place
Don't you understand it's not my problem?

I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
And just for that one moment I could be you

Yes, I wish that for just one time
You could stand inside my shoes
You'd know what a drag it is to see you

Copyright: Universal Music Publishing Group
Writer(s): Bob Dylan