I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)

"I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)"

General information

Artist

Fall Out Boy

B-side

"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race" (Live from Hammersmith Palais)

Recorded

July-October 2006

Released

February 6, 2007 (album)
September 11, 2007 (single)

Studio(s)

The Pass Studios
(Los Angeles, California, U.S.)

Genre(s)

Alternative rock • emo • emo pop • pop punk • pop rock • rock

Length

3:31

Albums

Infinity on High
Live in Phoenix
Believers Never Die (Volume One)

Label

Songwriter(s)

Andy Hurley • Patrick Stump • Joe Trohman • Pete Wentz

Producer(s)

Babyface

Fall Out Boy singles chronology
Previous	Current	Next
"The Take Over, the Breaks Over" (2007)	"I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)" (2007)	"Beat It" (2008)

*Infinity on High* chronology
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"	"I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)"	"Hum Hallelujah"

"I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)" (often shortened to "I'm Like a Lawyer") is a song by American rock band Fall Out Boy. It is the fourth track on the standard edition of their third studio album, Infinity on High. It was released on February 6, 2007, through Island Records.

Music video[]

Video	Credits

	Title	I'm Like a Lawyer With the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You) (Official Music Video)
	Premiere	Sept 12 2007 (Total Request Live) Sept 14 2007 (Fuse TV) Jun 17 2009 (Re-mastered)
	Length	5:50
	Location	Uganda, Africa
	Director	Alan Ferguson

Official versions[]

	Version	Released on	Date	Length
^[1]	Album/Single	Infinity on High • "I'm Like a Lawyer with the Way I'm Always Trying to Get You Off (Me & You)"	Jan 1 2007	3:31
^[2]	Re-mastered	Believers Never Die (Volume One)	Nov 17 2009	3:35
Acoustic/Live
^[3]	Live (Performed on Jun 22 2007)	Live in Phoenix	Apr 1 2008	3:30

Lyrics[]

[Verse 1]
Last year's wishes are this year's apologies
Every last time I come home
I take my last chance to burn a bridge or two
I only keep myself this sick in the head
'Cause I know how the words get you off

[Pre-Chorus]
We're the new face of failure
Prettier and younger, but not any better off
Bulletproof loneliness
At best, at best

[Chorus]
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you

[Verse 2]
Collect the bad habits that you couldn't bear to keep
Out of the woods but I love
The tree I used to lay beneath, kissed teeth stained red
From a sour bottle baby girl with eyes the size of baby worlds

[Pre-Chorus]
We're the new face of failure
Prettier and younger, but not any better off
Bulletproof loneliness
At best, at best

[Chorus]
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you

[Bridge]
The best way to make it through with hearts and wrists intact
Is to realize two out of three ain't bad, ain't bad

[Outro]
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you
Me and you, honeymoon
Setting in a honeymoon (A honeymoon)
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon (Honeymoon)
If I woke up next to you, if I woke up next to you
Me and you, setting in a honeymoon (Honeymoon)
If I woke up next to you, honeymoon...

Charts[]

Chart (2007-08)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)^[4]	28
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)^[5]	33
Scotland (OCC)^[6]	45
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)^{[citation needed]}	22
UK Singles (OCC)^[7]	91
US Billboard Hot 100^[8]	68
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)^[9]	24
US Pop 100 (Billboard)^{[citation needed]}	31
Venezuela Pop Rock (Record Report)^[10]	6

References[]

Navigation[]

Friends or Enemies Tour | Honda Civic Tour | Young Wild Things Tour | Leaked in London

"Thriller"
"The Take Over, the Breaks Over"
"This Ain't a Scene, It's an Arms Race"
"I'm Like a Lawyer..."
"Hum Hallelujah"

"Golden"
"Thnks fr th Mmrs"
"Don't You Know Who I Think I Am?"
"The (After) Life of the Party"
"The Carpal Tunnel of Love"

"Bang the Doldrums"
"Fame < Infamy"
"You're Crashing, But You're No Wave"

"I've Got All This Ringing in My Ears and None on My Fingers"
"G.I.N.A.S.F.S."
"It's Hard to Say "I Do", When I Don't"

[1] ttps://open.spotify.com/track/6A9nyMBdNUzVcFHZUEZ71F?si=b2af5298cc4c49f0

[2] ttps://open.spotify.com/track/1E9aajc0oQj6idxRlFeNYQ?si=974eebe16c2f4b63

[3] ttps://open.spotify.com/track/1V8I9lCbXUkmhQqrZlt0VR?si=e3fafeac75cc44a8

[4] ttps://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Fall+Out+Boy&titel=I%27m+Like+A+Lawyer...+(Me+%26+You)&cat=s

[5] ttps://charts.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Fall+Out+Boy&titel=I%27m+Like+A+Lawyer...+(Me+%26+You)&cat=s

[6] ttps://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20070923/41/

[7] ttps://www.officialcharts.com/artist/10100/Fall-Out-Boy/

[8] ttps://www.billboard.com/artist/fall-out-boy/chart-history/hsi/

[9] ttps://www.billboard.com/artist/fall-out-boy/chart-history/tfm/

[10] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20070702054004/http://www.recordreport.com.ve/publico/?i=poprock

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