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There comes a time when we heed a certain call (Lionel Richie)
When the world must come together as one (Lionel Richie & Stevie Wonder)
There are people dying (Stevie Wonder)
Oh, and it's time to lend a hand to life (Paul Simon)
The greatest gift of all (Paul Simon/Kenny Rogers)

We can't go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rogers)
That someone, somehow will soon make a change (James Ingram)
We're all a part of God's great big family (Tina Turner)
And the truth (Billy Joel)
You know love is all we need (Tina Turner/Billy Joel)

( CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Michael Jackson)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Diana Ross)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Michael Jackson/Diana Ross)

Well, send'em you your heart so they know that someone cares (Dionne Warwick)
And their lives will be stronger and free (Dionne Warwick/Willie Nelson)
As God has shown us by turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson)
And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jurreau)

We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen)
We are the ones who make a brighter day so let's start giving (Kenny Logins)
There's a choice we're making we're saving our own lives (Steve Perry)
It's true we'll make a better day just you and me (Daryl Hall)

When you're down and out there seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson)
But if you just believe there's no way we can fall (Huey Lewis)
Well, well, well, let's realize that a change can only come (Cyndi Lauper)
When we (Kim Carnes)
stand together as one (Kim Carnes/Cyndi Lauper/Huey Lewis)

REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE )

(additional lead vocals by Bob Dylan, Ray Charles, Stevie Wonder, Bruce Springsteen, James Ingram)
Song Info
Copyright
Lyrics © Sony/atv Music Publishing Llc
Writer
Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie
Duration
7:07
Producer
Quincy Jones
Release date
Mar 07, 1985
Sentiment
Positive
Submitted by
kfe2 On Jan 21, 2006
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Harry Bellafante got the idea to do this after he had heard Band-Aid released a similar fundraising song called Let Them Know It's Christmas. He called up Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones to wrote the song and get people together to sing it.

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yeah... good song... great collection of wonderful artists... its all about how we deal with life according to people's individual integration to others...

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The original's awesome, but I really love the new version for Haiti.

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Wonderful song

 
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