Lyrics Language: Scots Song writer/composer(s): B Dickerson, Howard Scott, Charles Miller, Lee Oskar, Lonnie Jordan, Dee Allen, Harold Brown, Jerry Goldstein
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WarWhy Can't We Be Friends Lyrics:
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I seen you 'round for a long, long time, yeah
I remembered you when you drink my wine
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I've seen you walkin' down in Chinatown
I called you but you could not look around
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I pay my money to the welfare line
I see you standing in it every time
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
The color of your skin don't matter to me, ow
As long as we can live in harmony
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I'd kinda like to be the President, yeah
So I can show you how your money's spent, ooh
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Sometimes I don't speak bright, alright
But yet I know what I'm talking about
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
I know you're working for the C.I.A.
They wouldn't have you in the mafia
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
Why can't we be friends?
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War Why Can't We Be Friends Lyrics Information:
WHY CAN'T WE BE FRIENDS? 1
Written by: Leroy "Lonnie" Jordan, Sylvester Allen, Harold R. Brown, Morris
Dickerson, Lee Oscar Levitan, Charles Miller, Howard Scott & Jerry Goldstein.
Produced by: Jerry Goldstein
Performed by: War 233a -1975
Appears on: "Why Can't We Be Friends?" (B-side: "In Mazatlan," United Artists,
45rpm #UA-XW629-X)-1975; War: Why Can't We Be Friends? (United Artists, LP
#UA-441)-1975 4 , (Rhino, CD #R2-71051)-1992, (Rhino, CS #R4-71051)-1992 & (WEA
Japan, CD #12937)-2008; War-Greatest Hits (United Artists, LP #UA-A648)-1976 &
(A Street, CD #10601)-1995; War: Anthology: 1970-1994 (Rhino, CD & CS
#71774)-1994; The Very Best of War (Avenue, CD #73895)-2003; Loose Grooves:
Funkin' Live in England, 1980 (Music Video Distributors, DVD #5004)-2007;
War-Collector's Edition-The Eight Original (Rhino-Avenue, CDs #516471)-2008; et al.
1 "Why Can't We Be Friends?" charted at #6 on the R&B chart in 1975.
2 Band member lineup for this song: Lonnie Jordan (song writing, keyboards,
vocals), Thomas Sylvester "Papa Dee" Allen (percussion, bongos, vocals), Harold
Brown (drums, vocals), Morris "B.B." Dickerson (bass guitar, vocals), Lee Oskar Levitan (harmonica, vocals), Charles Miller (saxophone, flute, bass guitar,
vocals) & Howard Scott (guitars, vocals). War transcended racial and cultural
barriers with a multi-ethnic line-up.
3 Covered by: Jonathan Edwards; GTO; Jacob Miller; The Muppets; Pietasters;
Smash Mouth' Sublime; Trinidadio; War & Dream, War & Peace; et al.
3a "Why Can't We Be Friends?" was played in space when NASA beamed it to the
linking of Soviet Cosmonauts and U.S astronauts in 1975. It was featured in the
following films: Leathal Weapn 4; Bridge to Terabithia; Cheaper by the Dozen 2;
Dazed & Confused; Semi-Pro; Cheats; & Journeys of a Panda Face (animated short).
It makes appearances on such TV shows as: The Simpsons; King of the Hill; &
Lizzie McGuire. The French mobile phone operator Bouygues Télécom used it for
most of its 2008 advertising campaign and the Denver Pioneers play the song
after fights during hockey games, when players are going to the penalty box for
the power play.
4 Transcribed from the track on this album.
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