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Rachel Bloom
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Rachel Bloom
Adam Schlesinger
This song appears in the 4th episode of the TV musical show “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”. In it, Greg Serrano, a local bartender has decided to ask newly arrived lawyer Rebecca Bunch (who’s infatuated with his friend Josh Chan) out on a date.
The song is done in the style of an old Hollywood dance number...
[GREG]
When we’re together
I feel so grand
My heart goes tippity-tap-tap-tap
When I hold your hand
But I know there’s another guy
You fancy more
So, even though
I’m not the one you adore
Why not...
Settle for me
Darling, just settle for me
I think you’ll have to agree
We make quite a pair
I know I’m only second place in this game
But like two-percent milk
Or seitan beef
I almost taste the same
So won’t you settle for me
Come on and settle for me
Say yes or no before I choke on all this swallowed pride
I have no problem being picked out from the bottom
If he’s your broken condom, I’m Plan B!
So lower those expectations and settle for me
Am I okay with this?
Totally!
Settle for me
Babycakes, just settle for me
Schmoopy-pie, I’m beggin' you, please
Can’t you see the light?
Sugar jugs, I’m so bereft!
Demeaning terms are all that I have left
Of my masculinity
So, settle for me
Little girl
Don’t make me feel like a little girl
Exposed and raw
Whose boobs can’t even fill a training bra
...Let’s pretend I didn’t say that
Settle for me
[REBECCA]
It’s a practical proposal
[GREG]
Settle for me
[REBECCA]
It makes a certain sense
[GREG]
He’s a fantasy
But hey, let’s think this through
Yes, Josh is a dream, but I’m right here
In flesh and blood and self-hate
[BOTH]
Settle for me
[GREG]
In a sad way, darling, it’s fate
[Dance break.]
[REBECCA]
You’re like Rocky V to Rocky
[GREG]
Solange to Beyoncé
Not asking to be your fiancé
But if tonight or tomorrow
If you happen to be free
Maybe, just maybe
Settle for me!
Settle For Me was written by Jack Dolgen & Adam Schlesinger & Rachel Bloom.
Settle For Me was produced by Steven M. Gold & Adam Schlesinger.
Crazy Ex-Girlfriend Cast released Settle For Me on Fri Feb 19 2016.
Rachel Bloom describes wanting to do a song like this for a long time. What became “Settle For Me,” went through various ideas and names, including “The Fucked-Up Fred and Ginger Number,” and “Our Pathologies Are On a Date.” They of course settled on another idea, roughly described by Bloom as “I’d...