Album: Broken Boy Soldiers (2006)

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• Find yourself a girl and settle down
  Live a simple life in a quiet town
  
  Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  
  So steady as she goes
  
  Your friends have shown a kink in the single life
  You've had too much to think, now you need a wife
  
  Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  
  Well here we go again
  You've found yourself a friend that knows you well
  But no matter what you do
  You'll always feel as though you tripped and fell
  
  So steady as she goes
  
  When you have completed what you thought you had to do
  And your blood's depleted to the point of stable glue
  
  Then you'll get along
  Then you'll get along
  
  Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  
  Well here we go again
  You've found yourself a friend that knows you well
  But no matter what you do
  You'll always feel as though you tripped and fell
  
  So steady as she goes
  Steady as she goes
  
  Settle for a world (settle for the world), neither up or down (neither up or down)
  Sell it to the crowd (sell it to the crowd) that is gathered round (that is gathered round)
  
  Settle for a girl (settle for the girl), neither up or down (neither up or down)
  Sell it to the crowd (sell it to the crowd) that is gathered round (that is gathered round)
  
  So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  
  Steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  So steady as she goes (steady as she goes)
  
  Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
  Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
  
  Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
  Steady as she goes, are you steady now?
  
  Steady as she goes Writer/s: Brendan Benson, John Anthony White
  Publisher: BMG Rights Management, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
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Comments: 13

• Dan from FloridaGood song! I see it as maturing
• Tilly from ElsewhereI know its not the meaning Jack intended but my interpretation of the song is about being closeted and/or repressing parts of the self by falling in line with societal expectations. The tone to me sounds like someone whose heart really isn't in it when it comes to getting a wife in the old hometown and living the cookie-cutter life that is more or less set for you by parents and peers. thought maybe i had an interesting take on it
• Jam from MinnesotaThe chorus of this song “Steady as she goes” pops in my head sooooo often!! I have lung cancer and now more than ever, it keeps me grounded!! 2021 and it’s still a great song!!
• Kari from StavangerI think it means that while you are busy being steady (and also very frustratingly boring), she slowly leaves you (she goes) and in the end you have a friend who knows you well.
• Nic from Riverwest, WiI always took the lyrics of this song as tongue-in-cheek and mocking the idea that marriage equals stability. Lines like "You've had too much to think, now you need a wife" and "Your blood's deplete to the point of stable glue" sure don't sound like a sincere endorsement of the idea that all a man really needs is a good woman.
• Karol from Pori, FinlandThis song will become a classic rock one day...
• San from Weaverville, CaI agree with Cooper
• Bay from Weaverville, CaI like this song alot-i think its th Raconteurs best. Love the video :)
• Rahul from Chennai, Indiathe guitar work in this song is amazing.....
• Billy from Calgary, CanadaIn my opinion, it sounds like the transition of being a single, spring flingy kind of guy to finding a wife and settling down, no longer trying for one night stands.
  
  "Steady, as she goes" refers to the person keeping himself under control as a cute, single, girl goes to look for someone else. He cannot chase her, as he is already married.
  
  The part of settling for a girl and selling it to the crowd I think refers to the man finding a good girl that isn't too hyper or depressed, and "selling it to the crowd that is gathered round" probably means his relatives and parents, trying to prove to them that this is the best girl for him.
  
  Not sure what the friend part means though.
  
  Catchy song, nice guitar riffs.
• Cooper from North Salt Lake, Uti love this song so much but when it says youve had to much to think and you need a wife i think hes says youve had to much to drink ahahaha lol
• Victoria from BÃ?rum, NorwayJack White is God. Or as close as it can get:)
• Justin from Georgetown, Ini love how the back up singers sounds completely bored when they sing.. almost sounds very forced

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