Settle down and eat your peas and gravy, my boy   Settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down   Stop wasting all your time with running around the town   Settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down      Knuckle down and find a job and take some responsibility   Settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down   The future's something you should be thinking about   Settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down      Look around for a wife to start a family, my boy   Settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down   Listen to your father and he'll tell you the same as me   Settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down      Your words would go in one ear and out the other side   Don't say, "My head was empty and I had things to hide"      Your words would go in one ear and out the other side   Don't say, "My head was empty and I had things to hide"      And you better put away somethin' for your old age   So settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down   So settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down   Settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down   Settle down, settle down, my boy, settle down   Settle down, settle down, settle down, settle down