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 whe-erever you go - There is good and bad in everyone. [And we learn to live, we learn to give each other What we need to survive together ali-i-ive].
[Ebony and Ivory] {live together in perfect harmony, Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don't we?}
(Keyboards solo)
{Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony, Ebony, Ivory, ooh-ooh-uh}
[We all know that] {people are the same whe-erever you go} - [There is good and bad (mm-mm) in e-everyone].
We learn to live when we learn to give each other (Ooh-ooh-, uh-uh-uh-), What we need to survive {together ali-ve} (Ooh-ooh-).
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-ee-ee-ee, ee-ee-ee?}
(Keyboards solo)
(Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony, Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony,)
(Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony) [I-ivory-ee-ee] mm, E-ebony [oh-oh-u-oh] ou-ou-ooh-
(Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony) [I-ivory-ee] E-ebony [ivory ah-ah-]
(Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony) [-I-ivory-ee] (ooh-, uh-uh-uh-) E-ebony
{Ebony, Ivory living in perfect harmony} Na-na-na, na-na-na,