Heather Nova is the Bermudian Songwriter who grew up on a boat in the Caribbean and went on to sell over 2 million albums in her 15 year career to date. She has released seven albums and has opened for artists like Van Morrison and Neil Young as well as performed with artists like Sarah McLachlan. She has also had hit records with co-writes featuring artists like ATB (Renegade), and Eskobar (Someone New).Her brother is the Reggae singer Mishka.
By the end of the 1980s, after leaving RISD, Heather moved briefly to New York City (where she unsuccessfully tried to interest some major labels in a demo including Columbia , who rejected her, only to sign her five years later ), before moving to London, England. She has British citizenship due to her Bermudan origin. In 1990, she released her first recording, an EP called 'Heather Frith' — she had not yet changed her name by then. The name change came a year or so later after several gigs in the Netherlands, where, after finding out that the Dutch have trouble pronouncing "Frith," she chose a name that would be easily pronounceable in every European language, "Nova," her Canadian mother's maiden name.
The new name debuted in 1993 with her second EP 'Spirit in You' and her first full album, 'Glow Stars'. The success of the album led her to record and release her first live album, 'Blow', the same year, which she supported by a tour of Europe. A year later in 1994 she released what many consider to be her finest work to date, the emotional yet jagged album 'Oyster', for which she toured for almost two years. Another live album, 'Live from the Milky Way', was released in 1995, and after its release she toured for nearly three years straight, twice joining Sarah McLachlan and others on the North American Lilith Fair, which is a music festival with only female performers. Heather is also a frequent performer at European music festivals such as Roskilde.
In 1998, the long-awaited follow up to 'Oyster' was released. After the release of 'Siren', Heather took a break while various television show and film soundtracks licensed some of her songs and her record company (Sony Records/The WORK Group) released various singles from the album, which received only moderate play on America's MTV2, Europe's MTV and Canada's MuchMusic and on mainstream radio, although she was popular on college radio. Also during this time, she recorded a version of the often covered Billie Holiday song, 'Gloomy Sunday', for the German WWII drama Ein Lied von Liebe und Tod. In 2000, she released yet another live album, called 'Wonderlust'.
Over the years, Heather has written and recorded over a hundred songs, so that her albums are selected from work that has often already been performed live, rather than being conceived during rushed songwriting sessions. Half the songs on 'Siren' had been written during the 'Oyster' sessions and were frequently played live prior to being committed to a studio session, and most of the songs for 2001's 'South' were written between 1999 and 2000 while she was on hiatus from touring. With the release of 'South', she returned to the international spotlight with an appearance on the soundtrack of the John Cusack movie "Serendipity", a couple of music videos, and a collaboration with Swedish band Eskobar, for a song called "Someone New", also released as a video, which proved so popular that it was played primarily on America's MTV, not just MTV2 (which is normally reserved for less-popular songs). 'Storm', Heather's fifth studio album, was released in late 2003 on Big Cat Records, as was 'Redbird', released in 2005.
In 2002, she self-published 'the sorrowjoy', a 72-page book of her poetry and drawings. An album of the same name was released in March 2006, which featured Nova reading the poems from her book set to ambient music. The album has only been available for purchase at concerts beginning with the Intimate Evening tour, from the fan-run websites, HeatherNova.Net and HeatherNova.De, and from the official website, www.heathernova.com.
The album Storm was released in 2003. It was a more refined album, using Mercury Rev as Heather's backing band. The album was Top 5 in Germany and Top 10 across Europe. It was an album of dark ballads, marking a step away from the polished sound of South. It was also Heather's first release on her own record label, Saltwater Records. Despite being pregnant, she toured hard with a new line up and band, before returning home to Bermuda. (A live DVD was made of these concerts (live at the Union Chapel)
We Can Work It Out
Heather Nova Lyrics
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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
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
"We Can Work It Out" is a song by Heather Nova, which is a cover of the song originally written by The Beatles. The song discusses the tension and disagreement in a romantic relationship, which is clear from the opening lines of the song. The first verse of the song emphasizes the contrast in views between the two people involved in the relationship. One person is asking the other to try and see things from their point of view, while the other person is being resistant and sticking to their own perspective of the situation.
The chorus of the song offers a way out of the conflict and encourages the two people in the relationship to work together and find a solution. The lyrics "We can work it out, we can work it out" are repeated to emphasize that the relationship can be saved from falling apart.
Line by Line Meaning
Try to see it my way
I'm asking you to empathize with my point of view and consider it.
Do I have to keep on talking till I can't go on?
Is it necessary for me to keep explaining myself until I'm exhausted?
While you see it your way
While you continue to view the situation solely from your own perspective
Run the risk of knowing that our love may soon be gone
There is a danger that our relationship could end if we do not work together to find a solution.
We can work it out
I am confident that we can come to a resolution if we work together.
Think of what you're saying
Please consider the words you are using and the impact they may have on our situation.
You can get it wrong and still you think that it's alright
Even if you make a mistake, you seem to believe that it won't negatively affect our relationship.
Think of what I'm saying
Please listen carefully to my words and understand where I am coming from.
We can work it out and get it straight, or say good night
We have a choice: either we find a solution together or we accept that our relationship is over.
Life is very short
Our time on earth is limited, and we should not waste it by fighting with each other.
And there's no time
We do not have time to waste on arguing and disagreements.
For fussing and fighting, my friend
We should not waste our limited time in conflict with each other, my friend.
I have always thought that it's a crime
I have always believed that it is wrong to waste our precious time disagreeing with each other.
So I will ask you once again
I will repeat my request for you to try to see things from my perspective.
While you see it your way
While you continue to view the situation from your own perspective
There's a chance that we may fall apart before too long
If we cannot find a solution, our relationship may soon come to an end.
We can work it out
I still believe that we can find a way to work together and find a solution.
Lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
Written by: John Lennon, Paul McCartney
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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
@kevinpatrick499
The " I Am Sam " soundtrack is one of my all time favorite soundtrack albums ...
@josephhernandez1885
This is like the best song remake Heather Nova has ever made and sang! I wonder if this song is in one of her albums
@darrenwilsonV2
Great version.
@ColorsBright
Beautiful cover! Just heard it recently, shame they did not push this song on the radio like some of the other covers on this cd.
@papilion12
Zakochałem się w tym kawałku śpiewanym przecudownym głosem.
@kirafics
number three all the way!!!
@amfthehedgehog1234
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@user-bf5bd4ex3f
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
@planetdog1641
Heather tour USA please!!!!!
@marcelobonimani
It is a shame this is not on deezer