I ran out on my children
And I ran out on my wife
Gonna run out on you too, baby
I done it all my life
Everybody cried the night I left

Well, almost everybody did
My little boy just hung his head
And I put my arm, put my arm around his little shoulder
And this is what I said:
"Sonny I just want you to hurt like I do
I just want you to hurt like I do
I just want you to hurt like I do
Honest I do, honest I do, honest I do"

If I had one wish
One dream I knew would come true
I´d want to speak to all the people of the world
I´d get up there, I´d get up there on that platform
First I´d sing a song or two you know I would
Then I´ll tell you what I´d do
I´d talk to the people and I´d say

"It´s a rough rough world, it´s a tough tough world
Well, you know
And things don´t always, things don´t always go the way we plan
But there´s one thing, one thing we all have in common
And it´s something everyone can understand
All over the world sing along

I just want you to hurt like I do
I just want you to hurt like I do
I just want you to hurt like I do
Honest I do, honest I do, honest I do"