She's A Healing Touch (In A World Of Pain)

by @jerrypettit

Liner Notes

Dedicated to every nurse I've ever had who I fell in love instantly with--as I am so wont to do... ❤️

Lyrics

SHE'S A HEALING TOUCH
(IN A WORLD OF PAIN)

Words & Music
By
Jerry Pettit
Facebook.com/JerryPettitMusic

As the day turns to evening,
and the shadows lie deep,
There’s a soul walking softly,
where the wounded still weep.
With a voice whispering gently
like a faint summer rain,
She’s a beacon of hope,
in a world barely sane.

She moves through the streets,
with her eyes so kind,
In a world of deep hurt,
still she’s not hard to find.
With each step she is mending
what’s been torn apart,
With nothing but love,
that pours from her heart.

CHORUS:
SHE'S A HEALING TOUCH
IN A WORLD OF PAIN,
Turning tears into laughter,
like sunshine after rain.
In the darkest night,
she’s the brightest star,
She’s a healing touch,
showing us who we are.

They say she’s seen sorrow,
known loss of her own,
Yet she stands like a lighthouse,
a guide back home.
To the lost, the forgotten,
she’s an open door,
A testament to love,
love worth fighting for.

In a world that is breaking,
under skies so gray,
She’s the hand that is reaching,
taking pain away.
With a heart so vast,
and a spirit so free,
She’s the change that we seek,
the change we need.

CHORUS:
SHE'S A HEALING TOUCH
IN A WORLD OF PAIN,
Turning tears into laughter,
like sunshine after rain.
In the darkest night,
she’s the brightest star,
She’s a healing touch,
showing us who we are.

So here’s to the healers,
in the light and the dark,
To the compassionate souls,
leaving their mark.
May we learn, may we grow,
in the love they impart,
They're a healing touch,
each a work of art.

CHORUS:
SHE'S A HEALING TOUCH
IN A WORLD OF PAIN,
Turning tears into laughter,
like sunshine after rain.
In the darkest night,
she’s the brightest star,
She’s a healing touch,
showing us who we are.

© 2024, Jerry Pettit

Comments

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Slick sexy cool. Very nice tune and a great piece of recorded music. Lots of cool guitar stuff. Organ is great. Very cool!
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What a lovely lyric, song, and tribute. 😊 I feel that nurses and teachers are the most unappreciated and underpaid/overworked professionals, and yet both are so inherently crucial in our society.

I'd love to see your upbeat, positive, and so generously supportive song become a kind of anthem for nurses. Perhaps there's a national nurses association you could send it to?
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(Grooving to the 70s feeling.) This is great! Ambitious lyrics, cool instrumentation - well done. 😊
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Hail to the nurses and those that care for us so well and your song, Jerry is a truly fitting tribute...bright and sparkly as a shining spoon and as comforting as a soothing balm...
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Jerry - a strong song (as usual!) and a beautiful tribute to the nurses who do so much for us in times of need.
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Wow, great subject for a ditto song. I love all the different guitar styles layered over each other. Very very nice
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well i married one so i can only bravo! A new fav of yours for me! Jerry goes funky! great lyric
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Very cool lightly funky feel, with a 70s-esque vibe that I'm really grooving to. The instrumentation is *so* good, and I really like the open sincerity and respect reflected in the lyrics. Very cool!
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A beautiful tribute to nurses. Wonderfully loving and nostalgic. A joy to listen to your singing, playing and it's always a fantastic choice for the instrumentation as well.
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Beautiful sentiment in the lyrics, and not sure I can think of that many pop tunes dedicated to nurses (well, actually I can’t think of any 😂)… so original as well! Love the funky guitars, particularly that squelchy wah set against the little Spanish guitar licks. Definitely one of my favourites from the Jerry Pettit canon.
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I like the forward motion — moving right from the first stanza into the second, without interlude or transition, works well.
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@sbs
Love how that drum beats underlying the vocals/guitar. This has a super groovy vibe! Nice harmony!

Had to laugh over your comment about falling in love with nurses. That's how I was as a kid - had to be "in love" with somebody in every movie or TV show or baseball game I went to. Lol!

This one is outstanding!
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an inspirational tribute to the nurses who have helped us through so many close calls and recoveries.. one of your best lyrics. no robot could write a song with as much humanity as this. i like the fast beat that helps you convey long musical phrases without rushing.
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