January Wedding Lyrics

She keeps it simple
And I am thankful for her kind of lovin'
Cause it's simple

No longer do we wonder if we're together
We're way past that
And I've already asked her
So in January we're gettin' married

She's talkin' to me with her voice
Down so low I barely hear her

But I know what she's sayin'
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
And in January we're gettin' married

And I was sick with heartache
And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her
But we would both surrender
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
Don't ever turn it down

I hope that I don't sound too insane when I say
There is darkness all around us
I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin'
And in January we're gettin' married
No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in
She knows which birds are singin'
And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin
And in January we're gettin' married
Come January let's get married

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A simple, sweet love song that Seth Avett wrote about his first wife, Susan Avett (née Adkins), who he married in January of 2008.

Despite Seth extolling her virtues in this song, the marriage did not last and the two divorced in June, 2013 after a having been separated for a long time prior. It’s been speculated that an affair with Seth’s current wife, actress Jennifer Carpenter, caused the split, which is perhaps not surprising given Seth’s affinity for Pretty Girls.

The band stopped playing the song regularly live around the time of the couple’s split in 2012, although they have played it in concerts as recent as 2016.

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Release Date
September 29, 2009
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