LEVEL 17 WE ARE THE WORLD

WE ARE THE WORLD 1985


LEGEND
[ paraphrase by peleg yagen ]





WE ARE THE WORLD 1985
written by Michael Jackson and Lionel Richie
following the famine and civil war that killed between .5m and 1m people in Ethiopia and Eritrea

[let's imagine the words to apply to many trouble spots around the world]


LIONEL RICHIE
There comes a time when we heed a certain call

LIONEL RICHIE & STEVIE WONDER
When the world must come together as one

STEVIE WONDER
There are people dying

PAUL SIMON
And its time to lend a hand to life

PAUL SIMON & KENNY ROGERS
The greatest gift of all

KENNY ROGERS
We can’t go on pretending day by day

JAMES INGRAM
That someone, somewhere will soon make a change

TINA TURNER
We are all part of gods great big family
[ THE HUMAN, ANIMAL, PLANT and MINERAL KINGDOMS ]

BILLY JOEL
And the truth, you know, love is all we need

CHORUS:
MICHAEL JACKSON
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

DIANA ROSS
There’s a choice were making
Were saving our own lives

MICHAEL & DIANA
It’s true well make a better day
Just you and me

DIONNE WARWICK
Send them your heart
[ SEND THEM THOUGHTS OF LOVE and WISDOM AND WILL-POWER to ALLOW THEM TO OVERCOME THEIR DIFFICULTIES ]
So they’ll know that someone cares

DIONNE & WILLIE NELSON
And their lives will be stronger and free

WILLIE NELSON
As god has shown us by turning stones to bread

AL JARREAU
So we all must lend a helping hand

CHORUS:
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
We are the world, we are the children

KENNY LOGGINS
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

STEVE PERRY There's a choice were making
We're saving our own lives

[ our personal good is synonymous with the greater good ]

DARYL HALL
Its true well make a better day
Just you and me

MICHAEL JACKSON
When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all

HUEY LEWIS
But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall

CINDY LAUPER
Well, well, well, well let us realize that a change can only come

KIM CARNES
When we stand together as one

CHORUS:
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
Its true well make a better day
Just you and me
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

BOB DYLAN
There’s a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
Its true well make a better day
Just you and me

CHORUS
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
Theres a choice were making
Were saving our own lives

BOB DYLAN
Its true well make a better day
Just you and me

RAY CHARLES
Alright let me hear ya

CHORUS
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

RAY CHARLES
There’s a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
Its true well make a brighter day
Just you and me

STEVIE / BRUCE
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

STEVIE WONDER
There’s a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
Its true well make a better day
Just you and me

STEVIE / BRUCE
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

BRUCE
There’s a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
Its true well make a better day
Just you and me

CHORUS
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
There’s a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
Its true well make a better day
Just you and me

JAMES INGRAM
We are the world, we are the children
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

RAY CHARLES
There’s a choice were making
Were saving our own lives
Its true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me