Lyric discussion by singing4every1 

Cover art for I Could Have Been You lyrics by Melissa Etheridge

I'm surprised no one has commented on this one yet. This song is clearly related to someone who is unaceppting of gays and lesbians and she's trying to explain and connect with this person and tell them she's a human being too for god's sake :)!

@singing4every1-I agree. I think she’s, like so many of us, is saying we’re not so different. Were it not for the “one small thing that shaped your destiny” I could have been you, you could have been me. People, human beings! Homophobic people seem to always be concerned with what gay people do behind closed doors. Why? I’m not peeking in their windows! lol