Settle Down

recorded during the summer of 1997
performed live since october 1997 (at least)

 Almost Here, may 1998.
Settle Down/Dune Sea, 1998

You don't move from that graceful pose
And I never want to close my eyes.
Every move that I make is phoney
And every word I say is lies.

Settle down,
You never want to see me drown.
Settle down,
You never want to see me drown.

You don't move from that graceful pose,
You see all my mistakes ,
You learn from my mistakes.
Every move that I make is phoney
And every word I say just makes me want to take you down.
You never want to see me drown,
Settle down.
You never want to see me drown.

And if you move, I'm following you
Wherever you go.

Settle down,
You never want to see me drown.
Settle down,
You never want to see me drown.

Oh no.

"a song about a restless partner"
always played at gigs.
At the TV show, Nulle Part Ailleurs in Paris, they played it with a guest-keyboard player, Richard from Dodgy and the Bluetones.
NIGEL:"For two reasons we took along a keyboard player just for the night, a supremely lovely fellow called Richard who used to tickle the ivories for Dodgy, and is now a full-time esconsee in The Bluetones. Reason one is that the live version of Settle Down always sounds a wee bit spineless in the chorus without the piano part from the record. Reason two is if truth be told we're all a little bit bored of that song, so we wanted an extra element to exite us for live T.V. And it worked. We rehearsed once the day before, Richard arrived at midday, fifteen minutes later we'd utterly nailed Settle Down, and spent the next three hours blissfully running through some of our songs, which he picked up immediately, and listening to Richard and Andy share a passion for early David Bowie. Lovely old job. "

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