Blackbird
John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these1 broken wings and learn to fly
All your2 life
You were only waiting for this3 moment to arise.
Blackbird singing in the dead of night
Take these1 broken wings and learn to fly
All your2 life
You were only waiting for this3 moment to arise.
Ebony and Ivory live together in perfect harmony
Side by side on my4 piano keyboard, Oh Lord,
why don’t we?
We all know that5 people are the same where
ever we go
There is good and bad in ev’ryone,
We learn to live, we learn to give
Each other what we need to survive together
alive.
Os versos de “Blackbird” foram inspirados contra o racismo nos EUA em 1968. Já os versos de “Ebony and Ivory” foram inspirados na integração e harmonia entre as raças baseados no teclado de um piano.
Assim, os autores passam respectivamente as ideias de
