[Chorus: Paul McCartney & Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder]
Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we?

[Verse: Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder]
We all know that people are the same wherever 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

[Chorus: Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder]
Ebony and ivory
Live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my piano keyboard
Oh Lord, why don't we?

[Bridge: Backing singers]
Ebony, ivory
Living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory, ooh

[Verse: Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney & Both]
We all know that people are the same wherever you go
There is good and bad (Mm, hmm) in everyone
We learn to live when we learn to give each other
What we need to survive together alive
[Chorus: Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder, Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder]
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?
Mm, hmm

[Outro: Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder & Backing singers]
Ebony, ivory
Living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory
Living in perfect harmony Ivory
Ebony, ivory Ebony
Living in perfect harmony Whoa-oh-oh, ivory
Ebony, ivory Ebony
Living in perfect harmony Whoa-oh, ivory
Ebony, ivory Ebony
Living in perfect harmony
Ebony, ivory