WHEN AM I EVER GONNA SETTLE DOWN
(John Lomax / Artie Large)


Bobby Bare - 1968





I've walked the streets of small Texas towns
I've seen the snow fall in New York
For a young man, I guess I've been around
But when am I ever gonna settle down

I have seen Grand Canyon and the great Niagara Falls
Had chains on my legs in Wichita
Yeah, for a young man, I guess I've been around
But when am I ever gonna settle down

I've known girls from Maine to Alabam
I've loved the Cajun Queens down in Louisian
What will she be like when I reach that next town
Will that be the woman to make me settle down

Well, I loved me a Georgia peach, but she turned out wrong
She didn't move me so I moved on
For a young man, I guess I've been around
But when am I ever gonna settle down






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - December 2012)