美國人道經典──USA For Africa──感人的〔四海一家/We Are The World〕
〔We Are The World 〕
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’re 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 givin’
There’s a choice we’re makin’
We’re savin’ our own lives
It’s true, we’ll make a better day
Just you and me
Well, send them you 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 givin’
Whoa, there’s a choice we’re makin’
We’re savin’ our own lives
It’s true, we’ll make a better day
Just you and me
When you’re down and out
There seems no hope at all
But if you just believe
There’s no way we can fall
Well, well, well, let us realize
Oh, that one 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 givin’
There’s a choice we’re makin’
We’re savin’ 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 givin’
There’s a choice we’re makin’
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 make a brighter day
So let’s start givin’ (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 (All right, let me hear you)
We are the world (We are the world)
We are the children (Said we are the children)
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start givin’ (Let’s start givin’)
There’s a choice we’re makin’
We’re saving’ our own lives
It’s true, we’ll make a better day
Just you and me, come on now let me hear you
We are the world (We are the world)
We are the children (We are the children)
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving (So let’s start givin’)
There’s a choice we’re making
We’re savin’ our own lives
It’s true, we’ll make a better day
Just you and me, yeah, yeah
We are the world (We are the world)
We are the children (We are the children)
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving (So let’s start givin’)
There’s a choice we’re makin’
We’re savin’ 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 make a brighter day
So let’s start givin’ (So let’s start giving)
There’s a choice we’re makin’
We’re savin’ 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 make a brighter day
So let’s start givin’
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在這首旋律感人 氣勢磅礡的抒情傑作中
每位藝人無不施出渾身解數
為衣索匹亞難民供獻自己的心力
〔We Are The World〕不到一週就賣出80萬張
並且創下同樣時間超過5000家電台播放的紀錄
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總共在美國賣出750萬張單曲
同名合輯也登上冠軍 銷售超過300萬張
總共募得到超過5000萬美金的款項
隔年並獲得葛萊美獎年度唱片 年度歌曲 最佳流行團體三項大獎
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