Sportin' Life (Live)

Well, I'm tired, I'm tired of runnin' around
I think I'll marry and settle down
This ole sportin' life is a mean life
People, man, it's killin' me

I got a letter from my home
All of my schoolmates, they are dead and gone
It'll make you worry
Make you wonder, people, about days to come

My mother, she used to talk to me
I was young and foolish, friends and I could not see
Now I have no mother
My sisters and my brothers don't care for me

Mother used to fall on her knees and pray
These are the words, mother, she used to say
She would say, "Brownie
Oh-oh, my child, son, change your way"

Now, I'm goin' to change my way
Friends I'm growing older each and every day
When I was young and foolish
I was so easy, easy led astray

I was a gambler and a cheater too
But now it's come my time to lose
This ole sport life
It's got the best hand, what can I do?

There ain't but one, one thing that Brownie did not do
I lived that ole sportin' life, too long
Friends, it's no good
Please believe me, leave it alone, leave alone

I'm tired of runnin' around
I think I'll marry and settle down
This ole sportin' life, it is a mean life
And it's killin' me

I got a letter from my home
All of my schoolmates, they have passed along
It'll make you worry
It'll make you wonder 'bout days to come, sure will

My mother used, she used to talk to me
I was young and foolish and I could not see
Now I have no mother
My sisters and my brothers don't care for me, no, they don't

Mother used to fall on her knees and pray
These are the words, mother, she used to say
She would say, "Brownie
Oh, my son, please change your ways"

Now I'm goin', friends, I'm goin' to change the way
I'm gettin' older each and every day
When I was young and foolish
I was so easy, easy led astray

I was a gambler and a cheater too
But now it's come my time to lose
This ole sportin' life
Has got the best hand, what can I do?
Give it up, boy, let it go

There ain't but one, one thing that I did not do
I lived that ole sportin' life, too long
Friends, it's no good
Please believe me, leave it alone

Thank you!