I've Got To Settle Down

You can tell my little sister, I'm so sorry that I missed her,
The day that I came by to see the folks.
You can also tell my brother, even though he looks like mother,
that I just can't stand to hear his awful jokes.
(chorus)
I just couldn't stay a long time, 'cause I thought it was the wrong time, to leave her all alone in our new home.
She's all that I have left now and I gotta stick to her somehow.
I got to settle down and never roam.

By the time I get back to her, she'll be sitting by the mirror.
I'll have to tell her why that I was gone.
When I tell her I adore her and I place no one before her,
She'll forgive me for leaving her alone.
(2nd chorus)
I just had to see the old home, one more time and see my father.
Now that mother's gone, he hasn't much at home,
but I left him back there smiling and I guess that's all that matters, 'cause I've got to settle down and never roam.