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We Are The World – 1982 Version (Michael Jackson)

WE ARE THE WORLD

Lionel Richie: There comes a time when we heed a certain call
Lionel Richie and Stevie Wonder: When the world must come together as one
Stevie Wonder: There are people dying
Paul Simon: Oh, and it’s time to lend a hand to life
Paul Simon and 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’re all a part of God’s great big family
Billy Joel: And the truth
Tina Turner and Billy Joel: You know, love is all we need

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 we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
Michael Jackson and Diana Ross: It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Dionne Warwick: Well, send them your heart
So they’ll know that someone cares
Dionne Warwick and Willie Nelson: And their lives will be stronger and free
Willie Nelson: As God has shown us by turning stone to bread
Al Jarreau: And so we all must lend a helping hand

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: Oh, there’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
Daryl Hall: It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Michael Jackson: When you’re down and out
And there seems no hope at all
Huey Lewis: But if you just believe
There’s no way we can fall
Cindi Lauper: Well, well, well, well let’s realize
Oh, that a change can only come
Kim Carnes: When we
Huey Lewis and Cyndi Lauper: Stand together as one
Kim Carnes: Yeah yeah yeah yeah!

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

All: 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: 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 we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

All: 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 giving)

All: There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
Bob Dylan and all: It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me

Ray Charles: Alright, let me hear you!
All: We are the world
Ray Charles: We are the world
All: We are the children
Ray Charles: Yeah, we are the children
All: We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
Ray Charles: Let’s start giving

Ray Charles: There’s a choice we’re making
We’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a finer day
Just you and me
Come on now, let me hear you!

Stevie Wonder: We are the world
Bruce Springsteen: We are the world
Stevie Wonder: We are the children
Bruce Springsteen: We are the children
Stevie Wonder: We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
Bruce Springsteen: So let’s start giving

Stevie Wonder: 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, yeah, yeah

Stevie Wonder: We are the world
Bruce Springsteen: We are the world
Stevie Wonder: We are the children
Bruce Springsteen: We are the children
Stevie Wonder: We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
Bruce Springsteen: So let’s start giving

Bruce Springsteen: There’s a choice we’re making
Yeah, we’re saving our own lives
It’s true we’ll make a better day
Just you and me
Stevie Wonder: It’s true, woah woah woah woah

All: We are the world (woah woah woah)
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 giving)

All: 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

James Ingram: We are the world
Ray Charles and all: (We are the world)
James Ingram: We are the children
All: (We are the children)
Ray Charles: Yes, so!
James Ingram: We are the ones that make a brighter day
So let’s start giving
All: So let’s start giving

Ray Charles: 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, hooo hoo

All: We are the world
Ray Charles: Get down!
All: (We are the world)
All: We are the children
Ray Charles: Yeah!
All: (We are the children)
We are the ones who make a brighter day
So let’s start giving

Ray Charles: Alright, need to hear what I’m sayin’!
Ray Charles and all: 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

Ray Charles: Alright, I will say it again!
Ray Charles and all: We are the world
All: (We are the world)
Ray Charles and all: We are the children
All: (We are the children)
[fades out]

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Saints 62, Colts 7

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Sunday Night (10/23/11) is SAINTS NIGHT!

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For Steve Gleason

For Steve Gleason, our hero

On Monday night, September 25, 2006
The hated Atlanta Falcons were set to invade
New Orleans and the Louisiana Superdome
The city and its people still reeling in the couvade
Dumped by the might and fury of Hurricane Katrina
To take on our beloved boys in black and gold

Aglow and sparkling in the ethers of the night
The reborn Superdome unveiled on worldwide television
No longer the ravaged cavern that was a last minute haven
Ripped apart by the might and fury of Hurricane Katrina
For that one night, the images of past raw misery graven
In the psyche of the city and its people suspended in abeyance

On that Monday night, fervent hope and anticipation
Pervaded in the Superdome, in the streets of New Orleans and beyond
When Green Day and U2 performed their inspirational duet
“The Saint are Coming, The Saints are Coming”
Emotions ratcheted into excitement of monumental proportions
Setting the stage for an unforgettable homecoming

When our beloved boys in black and gold took to the field
Our voices rose as one in thunderous homage
Young and old, men and women, friends and strangers
The might and fury of Hurricane Katrina rendered into ashen memory
For that one Monday night, the Saints were our Lone Rangers
Out to erase the daily injustice of trudges, drudges and grudges

Prayers and arcane recitations filled the air
In between Hank Williams, Jr. belting the MNF anthem
And Irma Thomas singing the Star Spangled Banner
Then the game commenced, the Saints versus the Falcons
T’was Coach Sean Payton’s home debut as master game planner
But it was Number 37 that stole the show and set the tone

Like the floodwaters that broke through the earthen levees
Propelled by the might and fury of Hurricane Katrina
Saints special teams guru Steve Gleason, that was his name
Blasted up the middle and blocked that first Falcons punt
Barely one and half minutes into the game
The loose ball pounced on in the end zone, touchdown for the Saints!


Photo by Michael DeMocker
September 25, 2006
Times Picayune archives

Pandemonium broke loose in the Superdome
In a decibel splitting aria our voices rose as one
Who Dat! Who Dat! Who Dat says they’s gonna beat dem Saints!
The Falcons knew then and there they were done
Bowing in acknowledgement to the inevitable conclusion
This Monday night undeniably belonged to New Orleans

23-6 was the final score of the game that Monday night
Steve Gleason’s heroics etched forever in Saints lore
The Saints made it that year to their first ever NFC championship game
Along the way, there were many more unforgettable moments agalore
Lifting New Orleans and Saints faithful fans more and more
Out of the heartbreak wrought by the might and fury of Hurricane Katrina

And before you wonder why I chose to write a football related poem
It was born out of perfect timing and inspiration
Because on September 25, 2011, five years later
Before the Saints took on the Houston Texans in the Dome
Faithful Saints fans rose in standing ovation
Welcoming honorary captain Steve Gleason home

Our homage was not without sadness and heartache
For earlier that day it became public knowledge
Our hero who blocked that Falcons punt at that Monday night game
Has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig’s disease
We all will forever remember Steve Gleason’s name
And offer our continued love, support and prayers for his personal battle


Photo by John McCusker
September 25, 2011
Times Picayune

©Lynn Kupfer
All Rights Reserved 2011

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Keep Feeling Fascination – Human League

Lyrics:

If it seems a little time is needed
Decisions to be made
The good advice of friends unheeded
The best of plans mislaid

Just looking for a new direction
In an old familiar way
The forming of a new connection
To study or to play

And so the conversation turned
Until the sun went down
And many fantasies were learned
On that day

Keep feeling fascination
Passion burning
Love so strong
Keep feeling fascination
Looking learning
Moving on

Well the truth may need some
Re-arranging
Stories to be told
And plain to see the facts are changing
No meaning left to hold

And so the conversation turned
Until the sun went down
And many fantasies were learned
On that day

And so the conversation turned
Until the sun went down
And many fantasies were learned
On that day

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