On the day we’re born/ and start to cry On the day we’re born/ and start to cry There’ll be some tough times/ but we gotta try No matter what/ you’re going through No matter what it is/ that you’re going through Somebody’s there /who can see you through Understand now, can’t you see? Understand set you free /set you free Interlude They might try to say /there’s no hope for you They might try to say/ there’s no hope for you Then leave just to me /then you can make it through Understand we just see Understand, we’re set to free Interlude In a lonely hour after midnight When the rain starts coming down There ain’t another human being inside On the edge of a lonely town I think I heard one dog howling He was howlin’ at the old dead end And I know what it’s like to be that dog howlin’ Seachin’ for a long-lost friend Everybody needs understandin’ all over the world We all need some lovin’ understandin’ Just to make it through Make it through the