[Verse 1]
I ran out on my children
And I ran out on my wife
Gonna run out on you, too, babe
I've done it all my life
Everybody cried the night I left
Well, almost everybody did
My little boy just turned his head
I put my arm, I put my arm around his little shoulder
This is what I said:

[Chorus]
"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"

[Verse 2]
If I had one wish, one dream I knew would come true
Gonna 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
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
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
It's something everyone can understand
All over the world, sing along
[Chorus]
"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"