Settle On Down

by Melissa Erin

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I heard you’re feeling scared it’s getting harder every day
You’ve been working all your life and you still got those bills to pay
Your friends are movin on, and the moment slipped away
So settle down
Settle on down

Could you bear to see the news on the tv?
There’s static in the air and there’s fighting in the streets
Now I’m not saying I’m giving up, and I don’t feel like giving in
But I guess I’m only human

Ooh the world is on our shoulders
And we’re only getting older
So settle on down
Settle on down

My country tis of thee, what is it you wanna be?
Aint America the land of the free?
There’s a man whose walking home at night
With his arms outstretched he carries flowers for his kids and wife
So settle on down

Ooh the world is on our shoulders
And we’re only getting older
So settle on down
Ooh I’m dreaming of that highway
Where we all believe that one day
We’ll settle on down

Maybe I’m a fool for dreaming of a road that never ends
An open stretch of infinite highways and sunsets
Where I’m cruising through the desert, and tumblin my way through Texas
Time keeps changing and I can’t help myself, it’s so amazing these days they’re looking up

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released November 19, 2020
Written and performed by Melissa Erin
Produced by Phil Anthony
Engineered and Mixed by Brandon Bell
Mastered by Eric Conn
Photography and Album Art by Bridgette Aikens
Graphic Art by Samuel Dee Williams

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