《ebony and ivory》的歌詞如下：
女：
Ebony and ivory， black as night and white as snow
Black is fierce and wild， white is pure and free
Ebony and ivory， one in the hand， two is too much
Easy come， easy go， falling to pieces with you
男：
Two different creatures， one in the dream
Two different creatures， both in my bed
Ebony and ivory， two sides of the same thing
One is hungry and restless， the other sleeps and dreams
女：
I play with it every day， like a cat with a ball of yarn
One moment I’m holding it tight， the next it’s running away
Ebony and ivory， what a tangled web we weave
One in my hand， the other’s far, far away
合唱：
Oh, I want you both, but I need you both
Oh, I want you both, but it’s never enough
Ebony and ivory, two faces of the truth
Too much of either one, can break my heart in two
女：
Now it’s just a memory, of ebony and ivory
Once I was holding tightly, but now I let it go
Two beautiful creatures, in a beautiful dream
Two beautiful creatures, but now they’re gone too far
男：
Oh, I want you both, but I need you both
Oh, I want you both, but it’s never enough
Ebony and ivory, two faces of the truth
Too much of either one, can break my heart in two
合唱：
Ebony and ivory，相遇的雙重人生
追逐雙重的夢，痛苦與快樂並存
想愛與被愛的兩面性
真實的自己永遠無法尋找到
噢 渴望全部的你
但兩者皆過度卻永遠不夠
ebony and ivory
黑與白的交織人生
女：
It’s time to let it go， ebony and ivory
男：
Time to let it go， ebony and ivory
合唱：
Time to let it go………
Ebony and ivory, Ebony and Ivory! （強力復合） 結束這首歌. 。這首歌詞可以理解為是描繪兩個對比強烈的元素的共存與對比——黑與白，生動又有趣。
但也可能具有更深層的象徵意義，需要結合歌詞和整體語境進行理解。例如在心理學中，黑色常常被視為負面的、壓抑的、痛苦的元素，而白色則象徵著正面、純潔、無拘無束。所以這首歌詞也可能在暗示人性的複雜性和矛盾性。這些解讀都是基於歌詞的內容和常規的理解方式，不一定具有唯一性。具體含義需要結合歌詞創作背景和個人理解進行分析。