I And Love And You

The title track for the new album, is a piano ballad soaked in folk flavor, crying "Brooklyn, Brooklyn, take me in." Makes sense, since the song was inspired by a gig at Brooklyn's Galapagos. "It was the coolest place we'd ever been, and the furthest from home we'd ever been in every sense," Scott Avett tells Spinner. "So the Brooklyn chorus kind of embodies the rest of the lyrics."

[Verse 1] 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 It don't pay to live like that So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks For never to return [Chorus] Oh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in Are you aware the shape I'm in? My hands, they shake, my head, it spins Oh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in [Verse 2] When at first I learned to speak I used all my words to fight With him and her and you and me Oh, but it's just a waste of time 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 [Chorus] Oh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in Are you aware the shape I'm in? My hands, they shake, my head, it spins Oh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in [Bridge] 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 [Chorus] Oh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in Are you aware the shape I'm in? My hands, they shake, my head, it spins Oh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in Oh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in Are you aware the shape I'm in? (Oh!) My hands, they shake, my head, it spins (spins) Oh Brooklyn, Brooklyn take me in [Outro] Dumbed down and numbed by time and age The dreams the 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