Cover art for Love Story (You and Me) by Randy Newman

Love Story (You and Me)

Apr. 19681 viewer

Love Story (You and Me) Lyrics

I like your brother
I like your mother
I like you
And you like me, too
We'll get a preacher
I'll buy a ring
We'll hire a band
With an accordion
A violin
And a tenor who can sing:

You and me
You and me, baby
You and me, you and me
You and me, baby
You and me, you and me
You and me, baby
You and me, you and me
You and me, baby

We'll have a kid
Or maybe we'll rent one
He's got to be straight
We don't want a bent one

He'll drink his baby brew
From a big brass cup
Someday he may be President
If things loosen up
You and me you and me, baby
You and me you and me you and me, baby
You and me you and me you and me, baby
You and me you and me you and me, baby

I'll take the train into the city
Ev'ry mornin'
You may be plain - I think you're pretty
In the mornin'
And some nights we'll go out dancin'
If I am not too tired

Some nights we'll sit romancin'
Watching the Late Show by the fire


When our kids are grown
With kids of their own
They'll send us away
To a little home in Florida

We'll play checkers all day
Until we pass away

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The first song on Randy Newman’s first solo album shows exactly what he’s all about: devastating, yet subtle satire of American culture. Though this seems like a genuinely love song at first, the lyrics paint a very cynical picture of marriage, family life, and death for the average American middle-class couple.

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April 1968
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