Settle for Less
from Big Celebrity by Sweet Soubrette
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lyrics
I was the coolest girl in school and you were my acolyte
taught you to smoke your first cigarette to suppress your appetite
got you pulled out of class with a fake ass pass from the principal
sitting shotgun in my station wagon you were invincible
now you’ve had some fucked up bad luck, it was inevitable
we’ve both learned how to shut up and eat our vegetables
and I’ve gotta pay down my debts but I’d settle for less
yeah I’d settle for less have we settled for less
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
kept you out past your curfew so we could swim in the reservoir
always did learn the hard way how to know when we’d swum out too far
all that training in bravery, what the hell was it for
these days I wade to my waist and I wave from the shore
told you all of the secrets that I wrote down in my diary
I forgot to remember better but something’s reminding me
that I’ve gotta pay down my debts but I’d settle for less
yeah I’d settle for less have we settled for less
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
how long since we were friends? don’t have to pretend what you meant to me
strange to be so estranged, now we haven’t spoken in centuries
and I’ve gotta pay down my debts but I’d settle for less
yeah I’d settle for less have we settled for less
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
I would give anything
taught you to smoke your first cigarette to suppress your appetite
got you pulled out of class with a fake ass pass from the principal
sitting shotgun in my station wagon you were invincible
now you’ve had some fucked up bad luck, it was inevitable
we’ve both learned how to shut up and eat our vegetables
and I’ve gotta pay down my debts but I’d settle for less
yeah I’d settle for less have we settled for less
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
kept you out past your curfew so we could swim in the reservoir
always did learn the hard way how to know when we’d swum out too far
all that training in bravery, what the hell was it for
these days I wade to my waist and I wave from the shore
told you all of the secrets that I wrote down in my diary
I forgot to remember better but something’s reminding me
that I’ve gotta pay down my debts but I’d settle for less
yeah I’d settle for less have we settled for less
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
how long since we were friends? don’t have to pretend what you meant to me
strange to be so estranged, now we haven’t spoken in centuries
and I’ve gotta pay down my debts but I’d settle for less
yeah I’d settle for less have we settled for less
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
I don’t know anyone
the way I knew you then
I would give anything
to have you back again
I would give anything
credits
from Big Celebrity,
released November 22, 2016
Ellia Bisker: vocals/ukulele
Heather Cole: violin
Lyndol Descant: vocals/piano
Erin Rogers: saxophone
Cecil Scheib: trombone
Bob Smith: bass
Darrell Smith: drums
John Waters: trumpet
Written and composed by Ellia Bisker
Horn arrangements by Erin Rogers & Ellia Bisker
Engineered & mixed by Don Godwin at Airshow (Takoma Park, MD) and Phantom Center (Brooklyn, NY)
Produced by Ellia Bisker
Mastered by Stefan Heger at FisheyeMusicMastering (Columbia, SC)
(c) Sweet Soubrette Songs (ASCAP) / (p) Ellia Bisker
Ellia Bisker: vocals/ukulele
Heather Cole: violin
Lyndol Descant: vocals/piano
Erin Rogers: saxophone
Cecil Scheib: trombone
Bob Smith: bass
Darrell Smith: drums
John Waters: trumpet
Written and composed by Ellia Bisker
Horn arrangements by Erin Rogers & Ellia Bisker
Engineered & mixed by Don Godwin at Airshow (Takoma Park, MD) and Phantom Center (Brooklyn, NY)
Produced by Ellia Bisker
Mastered by Stefan Heger at FisheyeMusicMastering (Columbia, SC)
(c) Sweet Soubrette Songs (ASCAP) / (p) Ellia Bisker
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Sweet Soubrette Brooklyn, New York
Sweet Soubrette features the songwriting, vocals and ukulele of Ellia Bisker, whose dark, edgy "existential indie rock" has won fans' hearts and critical praise since the release of debut album Siren Song. She is joined by a talented backing band, often featuring as many as 8 musicians onstage. Sweet Soubrette's fourth album, Big Celebrity, was released in 2016. ... more
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