Why can't We be friends -- War

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 I really 'membered you when you drink my wine
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
I 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?
I bring 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?
The color of your skin don't matter to me As long as we can live in harmony

Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
I'd kinda like to be the President so I can show you how your money's spent
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
Sometimes I don't speak too bright but yet I know what I'm talking about

Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
I know you're working for the CIA  they wouldn't have you in the Mafia
Why can't we be friends? Why can't we be friends?
The song has a simple structure, with the phrase "Why can't we be friends?" being sung four times after each two-line verse amounting to over forty times in under four minutes. It was played in space when NASA beamed it to the linking of Soviet cosmonauts and U.S. astronauts in 1975. "Why Can't We Be Friends?" charted at number six in 1975.