作词 : Champlin, Lamm, Neal
What has happened to our town
There's people sleeping on the ground

Cold and lost  they fear the night
Left alone  they'll lose the fight

Hadn't we better reach for more than just a dime

Shouldn't we try to talk that boy out of his crime
Haven't you had it knowing nothing's getting solved

Maybe we'd better  better get involved
We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

If we found a way to reconcile

We could stop the hurtin'

Families livin' in their cars
And kids run numbers out of bars

Knowing pride won't pay the bills
Men work jobs beneath their skills

Hadn't we better hand out more than just a line

Shouldn't we try to find solutions with our minds
Haven't you had it knowing nothing's getting solved

Maybe we'd better  better get involved
We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

If we found a way to reconcile

We could stop the hurtin'

We could stop the hurtin'

We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

We could stop that for awhile
We could stop that for awhile
If we found a way to reconcile
If we found a way to reconcile
We could stop

We could stop

We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

If we found a way to reconcile

We could stop

We could stop

We could stop the

We could stop the

We could stop the

We could stop
We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

If we found a way to reconcile

We could stop

We could stop

We could stop the hurtin' for awhile

We could stop that for awhile

If we found a way to reconcile

We could stop