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Ebony and Ivory (1982) | Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
George Martin
George Martin
Producer

Lyrics

[Chorus]
Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh, Lord, why don't we?
[Verse 1]
We all know
That people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad in everyone
We learn to live, we learn to give each other
What we need to survive, together alive
[Chorus]
Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh, Lord, why don't we?
[Bridge]
Ebony, ivory
Living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory, ooh
[Verse 2]
We all know
That people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad in everyone
We learn to live when we learn to give each other
What we need to survive, together alive
[Chorus]
Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we?
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh, Lord, why don't we?
[Outro]
Ebony, ivory
Living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory
Living in perfect harmony (Ivory)
Ebony, ivory (Ebony, whoa-oh)
Living in perfect harmony (Ivory)
Ebony, ivory (Ebony)
Living in perfect harmony (Ivory)
Ebony, ivory (Ebony)
Living in perfect harmony
Written by: Paul McCartney

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