Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. This song is posted to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Enjoy the song!
"Ebony and Ivory" is a 1982 number-one single by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder. It was released on March 29 of that year. The song is featured on McCartney's album Tug of War. The song reached number one on both the UK and the U.S. charts. It reappears on McCartney's All the Best! in 1987.
At the simplest level, the song is about the ebony (black) and ivory (white) keys on a piano, but also deals with integration and racial harmony on a deeper level. The title was inspired by McCartney hearing Spike Milligan say "black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!" The figure is much older. It was popularised by James Aggrey in the 1920s, inspiring the title of the pan-African journal The Keys, but was in use from at least the 1840s. (From Wikipedia)
Ebony and Ivory by Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder
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 everyone
We learn to live 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 oh..
We all know that people are the same where ever 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
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?