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Country Was, 2002
Written by the Avett Brothers
An acoustic ballad about being in love, young and "just out of school." The narrator imagines just lying around, going swimming, and wanting to do anything you can for the object of your affections. "I have a car, I have a dime / Baby, Baby / I know that won't buy anything / But I would steal you anything." I like the way he sings baby: "beh-bay." It's raw, it's emotional, the vocals hit some high notes to prove their passion. Interestingly, nowhere does the song imply that the titular Jenny loves the narrator back, or is even present. He tells her that she could go swimming, even though she's afraid to swim. He tells her about his house in Carolina "where we can see the stars at night." But we never hear Jenny herself. Nor can the narrator. "And baby I can almost hear you say / That you love me."
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