Don't It Hurt

1 week ago by @jerrypettit

Liner Notes

Strange story behind this one--which was actually written in 2023. My "process" is to write the lyrics first, based on Titles I will have collected in a spreadsheet. So I write 50 sets of lyrics for 50/90 and then, eventually, set them to music.

Last summer, I forgot to delete the title "Don't It Hurt" after I had written the lyrics, and a couple of months later I wrote ANOTHER song with the same title and didn't notice until another month had passed. (Sigh...I'm getting old). Version 2 wasn't that good, so here you go with Version 1.

I hope you enjoy the song!

Lyrics

DON'T IT HURT?

Words & Music
By
Jerry Pettit
Facebook.com/JerryPettitMusic

DON'T IT HURT, to see
the whole world fallin' apart?
People lost in the darkness,
everyone with broken hearts.
Meanwhile here we are just tryin'
to make it through the night.
Why does every step we take
feel like there's gonna be a fight.

CHORUS:
DON'T IT HURT to see the ones
that you love sit and cry?
While we watch, we feel helpless
and and it's so hard to know why.
We're all here in this world
just lookin' for some peace of mind,
And all too often, tryin' to find it
--well, it's just so hard to find.

DON'T IT HURT to see the children
begging in the streets
With nothin' but their hunger,
and their clothes just dirty sheets.
We all seem without a purpose,
and just livin' day to day,
And every time we turn around,
we see we've only lost our way.

GUITAR SOLO

CHORUS:
DON'T IT HURT to see the ones
that you love sit and cry?
While we watch, we feel helpless
and and it's so hard to know why.
We're all here in this world
just lookin' for some peace of mind,
And all too often, tryin' to find it
--well, it's just so hard to find.

There's a darkness in this world,
and it's one we can't ignore.
But we can't give it all up yet,
no we've got to fight for more.
DON'T IT HURT, to see the pain
in another person's eyes.
Share their feelings of aloneness,
like there's nothin' left to try.

CHORUS:
DON'T IT HURT to see the ones
that you love sit and cry?
While we watch, we feel helpless
and and it's so hard to know why.
We're all here in this world
just lookin' for some peace of mind,
And all too often, tryin' to find it
--well, it's just so hard to find.

© 2024, Jerry Pettit

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