A simple vista, la canción trata sobre las teclas negras ("ebony") y blancas ("ivory") de un piano, aunque en el transfondo se esconde la armonía entre razas y la integración racial. Así, según podemos leer en la Wikipedia, el título está inspirado en una frase de Spike Milligan en la cual decía: "Black notes, white notes, and you need to play the two to make harmony, folks!" (lo cual en español puede traducirse como: "Notas negras, notas blancas, y necesitas tocar las dos para hacer una armonía, amigos")
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 wherever you go,
There is good and bad in ev'ryone.
And 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.
Ooh -
We all know that people are the same wherever you go,
There is good and bad, mm-mm, 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?
Side by side on my piano keyboard,
Oh, lord, why don't we-ee-ee-ee, we?
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory, are living in perfect harmony.
Ebony, ivory,
Living in perfect harmony.
Ebony, ivory,
Living in perfect harmony.
Ebony, ivory,
Living in perfect harmony.
Ebony, ivory,
Living in perfect harmony.
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 wherever you go,
There is good and bad in ev'ryone.
And 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.
Ooh -
We all know that people are the same wherever you go,
There is good and bad, mm-mm, 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?
Side by side on my piano keyboard,
Oh, lord, why don't we-ee-ee-ee, we?
Ebony, ivory, living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory, are living in perfect harmony.
Ebony, ivory,
Living in perfect harmony.
Ebony, ivory,
Living in perfect harmony.
Ebony, ivory,
Living in perfect harmony.
Ebony, ivory,
Living in perfect harmony.
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