(LIVE – Loud Huge Crowd, 4-Part Male Harmony, Soulful Emotional Whining Ad-Lib Lead, Heavy Whines Background Group Vocals, Sax Crying Crowd)
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(Intro – Lights low, soft keys pad, crowd murmur swelling, drummer on brushes, sax holding a warm note)
(Lead – spoken, intimate)
“Tonight… this one is about that real kind of love…
If you ever felt it, I need you with me…”
(Crowd cheers)
(Band hits hard groove drops in, crowd erupts)
Lead: Come On Everybody Sing With One Too Many!!! Let’s Go!
Chorus
It could be…
YOU AND ME IN LOOOOVE…
It’s looking like…
YOU AND ME IN LOOOOVE…
I’m grateful for…
YOU AND ME IN LOOOOVE…
It could be…
YOU AND ME IN LOOOOVE…
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Verse 1 (Pocket groove, head-nod tempo, bass warm, keys light, backgrounds humming ‘ooh’ in 4-part)
Late night, city lights, radio low,
(Lead smooth, conversational, slight vibrato on “night”)
Your hand in mine, movin’ real slow,
(Backgrounds: “Slow… slow…”)
Every little step got a rhythm to it,
(Drums add ghost notes, crowd claps softly on 2 & 4)
Every little smile got a feel-good flow,
(Lead smiles in voice, soft ad-lib: “Feel so good…”)
We don’t gotta rush, we don’t gotta prove,
(Backgrounds swell: “No rush… no rush…”)
Just let the moment make its move,
(Lead leans back, stretches “moooove”)
Every heartbeat say we rising above,
(Sax answers with a short cry)
All signs pointin’ to… somethin’ called love…
(Band drops for half a bar, crowd goes “Oooooooh…”, cymbal swell into chorus)
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Chorus (Band opens up, drums full, keys wide, 4-part harmony thick, crowd loud, lead with heavy whines)
It could be…
(Lead holds, then points mic to crowd)
(Crowd sings) YOU AND ME IN LOOOOVE…
(Sax bends and cries in the gap)
It’s looking like…
(Lead half-sings, half-preaches)
(Crowd sings) YOU AND ME IN LOOOOVE…
(Backgrounds: “In looove… in looove…”)
(Sax answers with a rising phrase)
I’m grateful for…
(Crowd sings) YOU AND ME IN LOVE…
(Sax long emotional fall)
It could be…
(Lead steps back, lets crowd take it)
(Crowd FULL VOICE) YOU AND ME IN LOVE…
(4-part harmony stacks, drummer hits crashes, sax wails high)
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Chorus (Repeat – Bigger, Louder, More Emotion)
It could be…
(Crowd already singing, lead harmonizing above)
YOU AND ME IN LOVE…
It’s looking like…
(Lead high harmony, backgrounds low)
YOU AND ME IN LOVE…
I’m grateful for…
(Lead belts, long cry on “grateful”)
YOU AND ME IN LOVE…
It could be…
(Band drops on last word, crowd acapella)
YOU AND ME IN LOVE…
(One beat of silence…)
(Band slams back in, sax screams, crowd explodes)
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(Outro Vamp – Crowd Chant, Sax Solo, Lead Whines)
(Crowd chanting in rhythm: “YOU AND ME IN LOVE! YOU AND ME IN LOVE!”)
(Lead ad-libs: “I feel it… I feel it… don’t stop…”)
(Sax full solo, emotional, crying, bending, call-and-response with the crowd)
(4-part harmony pads underneath: “Ooooh… love… looove…”)
(Final stop – crowd sings one last “LOVE!” acapella)
(Band hits final chord, sax holds, crowd roars)
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