-=Lionel Richie starts=-
There comes a time
when we heed a certain call
-=Stevie Wonder starts=-
When the world
must come together as one
-=Lionel Richie ends=-
There are people dying
-=Stevie Wonder ends=-
-=Paul Simon starts=-
Oh,
and it's time to lend a hand
to life
-=Kenny Rogers starts=-
The greatest gift of all
-=Paul Simon ends=-
We can't go on
pretending day by day
-=Kenny Rogers ends=-
-=James Ingram starts=-
That someone,
somewhere will soon make a change
-=James Ingram ends=-
-=Tina Turner starts=-
We're are all a part
of God's great big family
-=Tina Turner ends=-
-=Billy Joel starts=-
And the truth
You know
love is all we need
-=Tina Turner & Billy Joel ends=-
-=CHORUS sung solo=-
We are the world
We are the children
-=Michael Jackson starts=-
We are the ones
who make a brighter day
so let's start giving
-=Michael Jackson ends=-
-=Diana Ross starts=-
There's a choice we're making,
we're saving our own lives
It's true, we make a better day
just you and me
-=Michael Jackson & Diana Ross ends=-
-=Dionne Warwick starts=-
Well,
send 'em your heart,
so they know that someone cares
-=Willie Nelson starts=-
And their lives
will be stronger and free
-=Dionne Warwick ends=-
As God has shown us
by turning stone to bread
-=Willie Nelson ends=-
-=Al Jarreau starts=-
And so we all must lend a helping hand
-=Al Jarreau ends=-
-=Bruce Springsteen starts=-
-=Bruce Springsteen ends=-
-=Kenny Loggins starts=-
who make a brighter day,
-=Kenny Loggins ends=-
-=Steve Perry starts=-
there's a choice we're making,
-=Steve Perry ends=-
-=Daryl Hall starts=-
It's true we make a better day,
-=Daryl Hall ends=-
-=interlude break in melody=-
When you're down and out
and there seems no hope at all
-=Huey Lewis starts=-
But if you just believe
there's no way we can fall
-=Huey Lewis ends=-
-=Cyndi Lauper starts=-
Well, well, well,
let's realize,
oh,
that a change can only come
-=Cyndi Lauper ends=-
-=Kim Carnes starts=-
When we
Stand together as one
-=Kim Carnes & Huey Lewis ends=-
(Cyndi Lauper: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
-=CHORUS rerise=
There's a choice we're making
It's true we'll make a better day,
-=Bob Dylan starts=-
-=Bob Dylan ends=-
-=CHORUS again sung solo=-
(are the world)
(are the children)
(so let's start giving)
(Ray Charles:
Come on and let me hear you)
(Ray Charles: we are the world)
(Ray Charles: and we are the children)
(Ray Charles: so let's start giving)
-=Ray Charles starts=-
(Come on and let me hear you)
-=Ray Charles ends=-
(we are the world)
(we are the children)
just you and me,
yeah yeah...
(ho-o~)
(are the world, ho~ho~)
(yes, so)
(ho~)
(Ray Charles: Bya-bya)
Alright now, let me hear you sing)
we're saving our own lives...