You Had to Be There

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

You can't really know unless you've gone where he's been

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

What it means to let that go; slip right through your hands

I guess you had to be there when she smiled

Or had to feel the passion running wild

Really know the woman and the child

I guess you had to be there

'Til she stripped the layers off, seen into your soul

Watched her make a diamond of a worthless piece of coal

'Til you've held an angel, then let her fly away

You won't ever understand, no matter what I say

I guess you had to be there when she smiled

Or had to feel the passion running wild

Really know the woman and the child

I guess you had to be there

I guess you had to be there when she smiled

Or had to feel the passion running wild

Really know the woman and the child

I guess you had to be there

I guess you had to be there when she smiled

Or had to feel the passion running wild

'Til you walked in my shoes for a while

I guess you had to be there

I guess you had to be there

I guess you had to be there