Story Behind The Song
I was playing with a group called the Gun Runners at Bouncer's Bar in San Francisco when I wrote this song. This was the style of blues we were playing at the time and people liked to dance to it.
Song Description
My baby used to be a pary guy, always involved with some wild girl and staying out all night. But then he fell in love with me and now he is lying on my sofa watching I Love Lucy reruns.
| Song Length |
2:44 |
Genre |
Blues - Modern, Country - Rockabilly |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Female Vocal |
| Mood |
In High Spirits, Pleased |
Subject |
Relationship, Falling in Love |
| Similar Artists |
The Stray Cats, Ray Charles |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1950 - 1959 |
| |
Lyrics
Settle Down
Marghi Allen
© 1989
My baby used to stay out all night long
Used to hoot and howl till the break of dawn
He would come home in the morning, broad daylight
All wound up, just looking for a fight
I never thought
That man would settle down.
And then a-one time, a-two time, a-three time, four
Oh my baby came a knocking at my door
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
I opened it up and I let him in
Since that day my baby sure has settle down
And I said, ?Oh, just look what I?ve done.?
I said, ?Oh, oh, just look what I?ve done
I got him lying on my sofa watching I Love Lucy reruns.
My baby had a roving, roving eye
Like a rolling stone just a-rolling by
Oh, my baby went out rocking every night
His bed was knocking all of the time
I never thought that man would settle down
And then a-one time, a-two time, a-three time, four
Oh my baby came a knocking at my door
Five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten
I opened it up and I let him in
Since that day my baby sure has settle down
And I said, ?Oh, just look what I?ve done.?
I said, ?Oh, oh, just look what I?ve done
I got him lying on my sofa watching I Love Lucy reruns.