There comes a time / When we heed a certain call / When the world must come together as one / There are people dying / Oh, and it’s time to lend a hand to life / The greatest gift of all
We can’t go on / Pretending day by day / That someone, somewhere will soon make a change / We are all a part of God’s great big family / And the truth, you know, love is all we need
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 we’re making / We’re saving our own lives / It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
Well, send them your heart / So they know that someone cares / And their lives will be stronger and free / As God has shown us by turning stone to bread / And so we all must lend a helping hand
We are the world / We are the children / We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving / Oh, there’s a choice we’re making / We’re saving our own lives / It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
When you’re down and out, and there seems no hope at all / But if you just believe, there’s no way we can fall / Well, well, well, well let us realize / Oh, that a change can only come / When we stand together as one (yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
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 we’re making / We’re saving our own lives / It’s true we’ll 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 / There’s a choice we’re making / We’re saving our own lives / It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
We are the world (we are the world) / We are the children (we are the children) / We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day / So let’s start giving (so let’s start giving) / There is a choice we’re making / We’re saving our own lives / It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me / Alright, let me hear you
We are the world (we are the world)…
[By Michael Jackson – Lionel Richie © Columbia / Cbs, 1985]