There comes a time when we need a certain call (Lionel Ritchie)
When the world must come together as one (Lionel Ritchie & Steve 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 Rodgers)

We can't go on pretending day by day (Kenny Rodgers)
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 (Billy Joel & Tina Turner)

( CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children (Michael Jackson)
We are the ones who make a brighter day (Michael Jackson)
so let's start giving (Michael Jackson)
There's a choice we're making (Diana Ross)
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 (Dionne Warwick)
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 (Willie Nelson)
By turning stone to bread (Willie Nelson)
And so we all must lend a helping hand (Al Jarreau)

( REPEAT CHORUS )
We are the world, we are the children (Bruce Springsteen)
We are the ones who make a brighter day (Kenny Lodgins)
so let's start giving (Kenny Lodgins)
There's a choice we're making (Steve Perry)
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 (Michael Jackson)
There seems no hope at all (Michael Jackson)
But if you just believe (Huey Lewis)
There's no way we can fall (Huey Lewis)
Well, well, well, let's realize (Cindy Lauper)
That one change can only come (Cindy Lauper)
When we (Kim Carnes)
stand together as one (Cindy Lauper, Kim Carnes, Huey Lewis)

( REPEAT CHORUS AND FADE )

Den Chor bildeten außer den bislang erwähnten Künstlerinnen und Künstlern:
Dan Aykroyd, Harry Belafonte, Lindsey Buckingham, Ray Charles, Bob Dylan, Sheila E., Bob Geldof, Hall and Oates, Jackie Jackson, LaToya Jackson, Marlon Jackson, Randy Jackson, t__o Jackson, Kenny Logins, Bette Midler, Jeffery Osborne, The Pointer Sisters, Smokey Robinson, Kenny Rogers

Für die Musik sorgten:
Michael Boddicker - Synthesizers, Programming; Paulinho da Costa - Percussion; Louis Johnson - Bass; Michael Omartian - Keyboards, Producer; Greg Phillinganes - Keyboards; John Robinson - Drums

See also:
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Matthew Sweet Reaching Out Lyrics