Released: January 1, 1984

Featuring: Joyce Berry

Songwriter: Paul McCartney

[Female]:
Ebony and ivory
[Both]:
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, O Lord, why don't we?

[Female]:
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad in everyone
[Male]:
We learn to live when we learn to give each other
What we need to survive together alive

[Female]:
Ebony and ivory
[Both]:
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, O Lord, why don't we?

(Instrumental)

[Female]:
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad in everyone
[Male]:
We learn to live when we learn to give each other
What we need to survive together alive

[Female]:
Ebony and ivory
[Both]:
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard, O Lord, why don't we?
Side by side on my piano keyboard, O Lord why don't we?

[Female Backing Vocals]:
Ebony and ivory living in perfect harmony (repeat and fade)