DESCRIPTION:
After the We Are The World session, 50 Canadian stars joined together as a group called Northern Lights, to record a song written by David Foster and Bryan Adams called Tears Are Not Enough. The song is Canada's contribution to a worldwide effort to assist victims of a devastating famine in Ethiopia. Recorded on February 10, 1985 in Vancouver.

David Foster: keyboards, Moog bass
Paul Dean: electric guitar
David Sinclair: acoustic guitar
Steven Denroche: French Horn
Doug Johnson: synthesizer
Jim Vallance: drums

Writers:
Jim Vallance
Rachel Paiement
Bryan Adams
David Foster
Bob Rock
Paul Hyd

Lyrics & Musicians:

*Gordon Lightfoot:
As every day goes by, how can we close our eyes
*Burton Cummings:
Until we open up our hearts
*Anne Murray:
We can learn to share and show how much we care
*Joni Mitchell:
Right from the moment that we start
*Dan Hill:
It seems like overnight we see a world in a different light
*Neil Young:
Somehow our innocence is lost
*Bryan Adams:
How can we look away 'cause every single day
*Mike Reno / Liberty Silver:
We've got to help at any cost

**Chorus #1 / the above 9 singers:
We can bridge the distance
Only we can make the difference
Don't you know that
Tears are not enough

If we can pull together
We can change the world forever
Heaven knows that tears are not enough

*Carroll Baker / Ronnie Hawkins / Murray McLaughlin:
It's up to me and you
To make the dream come true
*Corey Hart:
It's time to take our message everywhere
*Veronique Beliveau / Claude Dubois / Robert Charlebois:
C'est l'amour qui nous rassemble
D'ici a l'autre bout du monde
*Bruce Cockburn:
Let's show them Canada still cares
*Geddy Lee:
Oh, you know that we'll be there

**Chorus #2 / the above 18 singers:
We can bridge the distance
Only we can make the difference
Don't you know that
Tears are not enough

If we can pull together
We can change the world forever
Heaven knows that tears are not enough

*Bryan Adams / Donny Gerrard:
And if we should try
**All 44 singers:
together, you and I
*Alfie Zappacosta:
Maybe we could understand the reasons why
*Lisa Dal Bello / Carol Pope / Paul Hyde:
If we take a stand,
*Salome Bey / Mark Holmes / Lorraine Segato:
Every woman, child, and man
*Mike Reno:
We could make it work
For God's sake, lend a hand

**Chorus #3 / all 44 singers:
We can bridge the distance
Only we can make the difference
Don't you know that
Tears are not enough

If we can pull together
We can change the world forever
Heaven knows that tears are not enough

*Ad libs (in order of appearance): Bryan Adams, Mike Reno, Donny Gerrard, Mark Holmes, Carol Pope, Lisa Dal Bello, Mike Reno, Wayne St. John