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Artist: The Avett Brothers
Track: I And Love And You

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Load the car and write the note
Grab your bag and grab your coat
Tell the ones that need to know
We are headed north

One foot in and one foot back
But it don't pay to live like that
So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks
For never to return

Ah Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in

When at first I learned to speak
I used all my words to fight
With him and her and you and me
Ah, but it's just a waste of time
Yeah, it's such a waste of time

That woman she's got eyes that shine
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes
She asked to dance, I said it's fine
I'll see you in the morning time
Ah Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in

Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
What you were then I am today
Look at the things I do

Ah Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in?
My hands they shake, my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in

Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape I'm in?
Oh, my hands they shake, my head it spins (spins)
Ah Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in

Dumbed down and numbed by time and age
Your dreams that catch the world the cage
The highway sets the traveler's stage
All exits look the same

Three words that became hard to say
I and love and you
I and love and you
I and love and you
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I And Love And You by The Avett Brothers song meaning, lyric interpretation, video and chart position
Genius Meanings
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The title track from the Brothers' 2009 album, one of their most popular songs. The subject seems to be about leaving their current lives behind, and pursuing their dreams of
The Avett Brothers – I Wish I Was
[Verse 1] / I wish I was a flame dancing in a candle / Lighting up your living room, high on a mantle / I could bring some romance without any scandal / And then when you were done
The Avett Brothers – Ten Thousand Words
Ten thousand words swarm 'round my head / Ten million more in books written beneath my bed / I wrote or read them all when searchin' in the swarms / Still can't find how to hold my
The Avett Brothers – Murder in the City
One of the standout songs from The Avett Brother’s EP “The Second Gleam.” Scott Avett talks about some hypotheticals in this song. He explains his wishes should he be murdered, as
The Avett Brothers – Ill With Want
I am sick with wanting and it's evil and it's daunting / How I let everything I cherish lay to waste / I am lost in greed, this time it's definitely me / I point fingers but there'
The Avett Brothers – The Perfect Space
I wanna have friends that I can trust / That love me for the man I've become / Not the man that I was / And I wanna have friends that will let me be / All alone when being alone is
The Avett Brothers – Head Full of Doubt, Road Full of Promise
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The Avett Brothers – More Of You
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The Avett Brothers – Incomplete and Insecure
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The Avett Brothers – Tin Man
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Genius Albums
I and Love and You by The Avett Brothers
I and Love and You is the 2009 major label debut by The Avett Brothers and was produced by Rick Rubin.
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Meaning of "I and Love and You" by The Avett Brothers
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