We Can Work It Out. Kalimat ini menjadi salah satu
quote The Beatles yang banyak dikutip. Ada nada positif dan optimis di
dalamnya. Lagu ini rilis pada Desember 1965 sebagai single bersama Day Tripper.
Lagu ini menjadi nomor satu baik di Amerika Serikat maupun Inggris pada Januari
1966.
We Can Work It Out berangkat dari
kisah Paul McCartney dan kekasihnya, Jane Asher. Sebuah harapan dan optimisme akan hubungan
mereka. Meski pada akhirnya, setelah beberapa konflik yang tak terbendung,
mereka memutuskan berpisah pada tahun 1968. Lirik mendapat support dari John
Lennon, seperti biasanya. Dan Lennon menyumbangkan nada pesimisnya, ‘Life is
very short..’ Jadi, ketika Paul mengatakan ‘We can work it out’, Lennon
menimpali dengan tak sabar ‘Life is very short and there's no time for fussing
and fighting, my friend..’
Pada lagu ini Paul bertugas pada vocal dan
bass, Lennon pada vocal, acoustic rhythm guitar, dan harmonium, George Harrison
pada tambourine, dan Ringo Starr pada drum. Membutuhkan waktu 11 jam untuk
menuntaskan lagu ini. Menjadi proses perekaman dengan waktu terpanjang yang
pernah The Beatles lakukan. Lagu ini diproduksi berbarengan dengan saat The
Beatles membuat album Rubber Soul. Pada jelang rilis sempat memunculkan
perdebatan, lagu mana yang akan berada di sisi-A, apakah Day Tripper ataukah We
Can Work It Out. John bersikukuh untuk meletakkan Day Tripper di sisi pertama.
Namun akhirnya We Can Work It Out yang menang. Lagu ini dapat ditemukan di
album Past Master Volume 1.
Pada tahun 1970 Stevie Wonder merekam versinya untuk album Signed,
Sealed and Delivered. Versinya mendapatkan posisi 13 di chart Amerika.
Berpuluh tahun kemudian, persisnya pada tahun 2014, atau 50 tahun setelah
kemunculan The Beatles di Ed Sullivan Show, Wonder membawakan lagu ini.
Di acara yang digelar CBS bertajuk ‘The Beatles: The Night That Changed
America’ tersebut, ia mengatakan mendengarkan lagu itu saat ia 15 tahun.
Dan saat itu ia berujar, "It had a nice thing to it, but I said, Someday
I'm going to do it again, with a little more funky thing with it."
We Can Work It Out
Try to
see it my way,
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way,
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone
We can work it out,
We can work it out
Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night
We can work it out,
We can work it out
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out,
We can work it out
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out,
We can work it out
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
While you see it your way,
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone
We can work it out,
We can work it out
Think of what you're saying
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright
Think of what I'm saying,
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night
We can work it out,
We can work it out
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out,
We can work it out
Life is very short, and there's no time
For fussing and fighting, my friend
I have always thought that it's a crime,
So I will ask you once again
Try to see it my way,
Only time will tell if I am right or I am wrong
While you see it your way
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
We can work it out,
We can work it out
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