Side by Side

(Mick Kennedy)

Side by side
And face to face
We both have our cultures
We both have our faiths
And despite all of our differences
No matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day
Side by side

First you were a neighbour
Then you were a friend
Though we lived our lives in different ways
We shared a common sense

Side by side
And face to face
We both had our cultures
We both had our faiths
And despite all of our diffrences
No matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day
Side by side

And we shared in the good times
Helped each other through the bad
I laughed when you were happy
You cried when I was sad

Side by side
And face to face
We both had our cultures
We both had our faiths
And despite all of our diffrences
No matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day
Side by side

Then something came between us
As the years went marching by
And we fought with each other
An eye for an eye

Side by side
And face to face
We both had our cultures
We both had our faiths
And despite all of our diffrences
No matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day
Side by side

But the points of contention
Between you and me
Will be the seeds of destruction
If we refuse to see

That side by side
And face to face
We both need our cultures
We both need our faiths
And despite all of our diffrences
No matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day
Side by side

Here’s a hand for you brother
It’s time for war to cease
We know our true enemies
Are famine and disease

And side by side
And face to face
We’ll always have our cultures
We’ll always have our faiths
And despite all of our diffrences
No matter what we say
We have so much in common
As we live day to day

Side by side
Side by side
Side by side
Side by side