Bobby Bare
"When Am I Ever Gonna Settle Down" lyrics

When Am I Ever Gonna Settle Down

I've walked the streets
Of small Texas towns
I've seen the snowfalls
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?