Story Behind The Song

A young teenage girl lets her mind wander during a math class where she hits upon a formula to make herself and a male classmate happy. She tells him what to do to make the formula, U+I, work.

Song Description

A young teenage girl lets her mind wander during a math class.

Lyrics

YOU + I
Sung by Breanne Arrigo
At age 13

Intro
You, I
You, You, I
You, You, I

Verse One
?The area of a circle is pi r squared?,
I think I heard the teacher say?.
Most of the class simply sat and stared.
My mind was far away, (away, away)
Working on expressions ?bout our destiny.
Then Voila! They came to me.

Chorus
U plus I is Happiness
As sure as one and one is two?.
U from I is misery.
The answer is up to you.
Do the arithmetic,
Verify, very quick.
With no U there?s no solution.
- -

Verse Two
Take a piece of paper, draw a smiley face.
Write a U plus an I?.
Put an equals inside the space,
Give a loving sigh, (sigh)
It won?t impress the teacher, but you will make my day
With the knowledge you display.
Yeah-eh!

Chorus
U plus I is Happiness
As sure as one and one is two?.
U from I is misery.
The answer is up to you.
Do the arithmetic,
Verify, very quick.
With no U there?s no solution.
- -

Bridge
It takes awesome calculations
To guide a man to the moon,
But a cute little computation
Could bring us close real soon.
(Close real soon)
No need to be an astronaut
To prove my math is right?
Knock, knock on my door,
We?ll work it out tonight?.

Chorus
-- Happiness
As sure as one and one is two?.
U from I is misery.
The answer is up to you.
Do the arithmetic,
Verify, very quick.
With no U there?s no solution.

Coda
(U plus I)
Happiness, oh-oh, you and me baby.
(U from I)
Misery, misery baby, misery baby.
(U plus I)
Is happiness
As sure as one and one is two.
(U from I is misery)

Brittany?s own ad lib., spoken
Oh-uh! Check your notes baby ?cause we can add it up.