Ebony and Ivory

Paul McCartney, 1982


Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?

We all know
that people are the same where ever you go,
there is good and bad
in ev'ryone,
we learn to live,
when we learn to give each other
what we need to survive together alive.

Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord why don't we?
ebony, ivory living in perfect harmony
ebony, ivory, ooh

We all know
that people are the same where ever you go
there is good and bad in ev'ryone,
we learn to live,
when we learn to give each other
what we need to survive together alive.

Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord why don't we?

Ebony, Ivory, living in perfect harmony (repeat and fade).


Performed by Paul McCartney & Steve Wonder live at the White House 2010.