Settling Down Aka “I’m Going to Settle for You”
The Balgaard Brothers (Charlie and Elroy), Minnetrista, MN

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5VhdEE08-Y

A long time bachelor finally decides to settle down, but fails to wax poetic in conveying this to his girlfriend.

I got something important to say
I'll try to say it in my own special way
I've been mulling it over and thinking it through
I want to say it just right - make it perfectly clear
I gotta say those words a woman wants to hear
I finally made up my mind. “I'm gonna settle for you.”

I'm gonna settle for you. I'm gonna settle for you.
My lifelong search for the perfect woman is though.
Oh, I'm not saying your perfect but you ain’t half bad
and that'll have to do
I'm tired of waiting for my dream to come true
I'm gonna settle for you!

I finally realized as time goes by
That my expectations were way too high
Isn't that what you've been telling me all along
I've had my fun - no more fooling around
I'll settle for you cause I'm settling down
I gotta admit you were right and I was wrong
You been asking me to share my feelings
Isn't it incredible what I'm revealing?
I put a lot of thought into every word
I'm not sure how to read that look in your eyes
It seems like it's taken you by surprise
It looks like you can't believe what you just heard ... that
                CHORUS

I thought this song would make you happy
You look like you're gettin’ ready to slap me
I'm just trying to be a more sensitive man
A swimsuit model with a great personality
That's just a fantasy you're my reality
In case you misunderstood I'm gonna to say it again
CHORUS