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Ebony and Ivory (Live / 1989)

Paul McCartney
Track 8 on Tripping the Live Fantastic 
Nov. 5, 19901 viewer

Ebony and Ivory (Live / 1989) Lyrics

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
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 pefect 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 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?
Ebony, Ivory living in pefect harmony
Ebony, Ivory living in pefect harmony
Ebony, Ivory living in pefect harmony
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Release Date
November 5, 1990
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