[Verse 1]

Hurt people, hurt people

Broken people break people

Hope is the thread and faith is the needle

For people like you and me

Lost people lose people

Left people leave people

Hope is the thread and faith is the needle

So, maybe we can be

[Chorus]

Hurt people healin' people

Broken people fixin' people

Wounded people mendin' people

People like you and me

Like you and me

Hurt people healing people

Broken people fixin' people

Wounded people mendin' people

People like you and me

So, we don't have to be

Hurt people hurtin' people

Hurt people hurtin people

[Verse 2]

Lord, Lord ain't we a mess

Bourbon in our coffee cup, wine-stained dress

Love forgives and love forgets

As far as the east is from the west

I'll do that for you, you'll do that for me

So we could be

[Chorus]

Hurt people healin' people

Broken people fixin' people

Wounded people mendin' people

People like you and me

We don't have to be

Hurt people hurtin' people

Hurt people hurtin' people

[Bridge]

Hurt people need people

Broken people need people

Wounded people need people

People like you and me

Yeah, we're gonna be

[Chorus]

Hurt people healin' people

Broken people fixin' people

Wounded people mendin' people

People like you and me

So we can be

Hurt people healin' people

Broken people fixin' people

Wounded people mendin' people

People like you and me

One day we won't be

[Outro]

Hurt people, hurt people

Yeah, love is the thread and faith is the needle

After all is done and all is said

You can heal a lotta hurt with a needle and thread