Song

We Can Work It Out

Release date: 03 December 1965

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 not last long.

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 goodnight.

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 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.

"We Can Work It Out"
Single by The Beatles
A-side "Day Tripper"
Released 3 December 1965
Format 7"
Recorded 20 & 29 October 1965
EMI Studios, London
Genre Folk rock
Length 2:15
Label Parlophone (UK)
Capitol (US)
Writer(s) Lennon-McCartney
Producer George Martin
Certification Gold (RIAA)
The Beatles singles chronology
"Help!"
(UK-1965)

--
"Yesterday"
(US-1965)

"We Can Work It Out" / "Day Tripper"
(1965)
"Paperback Writer"
(UK-1966)
--
"Nowhere Man"
(US-1966)

"We Can Work It Out" is a song by the Beatles, written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It was released as a "double A-sided" single with "Day Tripper", the first time both sides of a single were so designated in an initial release. Both songs were recorded during the Rubber Soul sessions.

The song is an example of Lennon-McCartney collaboration at a depth that happened only rarely after they wrote the hit singles of 1963. This song, "A Day in the Life", "Baby, You're a Rich Man" and "I've Got a Feeling", are among the notable exceptions.

©1965 Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. All rights reserved. Used by permission.

Related Articles