Sportin' Life - Remastered Live

Well, I'm tired, I'm tired of runnin' around
Think I will marry and settle down
This ole sportin' life
Is a mean life, people, and 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, yes, 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
Woah, my child, son, change your ways

Now, I'm goin' to change my ways
Friends, I'm growin' older each and every day
When I was young and foolish
I was so easy, easy lead 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?

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

I'm tired of runnin' around
I think I will 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 and gone
It'll make you worry
It'll make you wonder about 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
Woah, my son, please change your ways

Now, I'm goin', friends, I'm goin' to change my ways
I'm gettin' older each and every day
When I was young and foolish
I was so easy, easy lead 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)

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