The song encourages people to make the world a better place through love and caring for others. It suggests that if people try, there is no need for hurt, sorrow or crying ("there's no hurt or sorrow"). It asks people to care enough for the living to make a little space and create a better world for everyone ("make a better place for you and for me and the entire human race"). The song repeats the refrain of healing the world and making it a better place.