I'M GONNA SETTLE DOWN
1) I've been rumbling and tumbling and stumbling from the age of sixteen to here;
My gypsy eyes have been roaming for a score and seven years.
I've been jiving and conniving and driving in a car that's been turning to rust;
Living all the while in a style unconducive to trust.
[Chorus] But now I'm gonna settle down, yes I'm gonna settle down;
Settle down with a woman in a union they can never ever bust.
2) I've been ambling and scrambling and a rambling like a nomad from page to page;
Jumpin' from cause to cause, lightin' candles at the altar of rage.
I've been shifting and a drifting and sifting through the sands of many different shores;
Unsatisfied, preoccupied, always lookin' for more.
[Chorus] But now I'm gonna settle down, yes I'm gonna settle down;
Settle down with a woman in a union like never before.
INSTRUMENTAL
3) I've been wheeling and dealing and a reeling on the edge of a teetering rock;
Yellin', raisin' hell and rebellin' ever since I could talk.
I've been pacing and chasing and racing down the road of so many schemes;
Throwing empty lines, wasting time on dead-end dreams.
[Chorus] But now I'm gonna settle down, yes I'm gonna settle down;
Settle down with a woman in a union that's a permanent team.
Words & Music by:
C. Michael Stout
January, 1998
