Sporting Life Blues Lyrics - Cale Jj

(feat. Eric Clapton) 

I'm getting tired of runnin' around, 

Think I will marry and settle down 

This ole night life, 

This ole Sportin' Life, it's killin' me 

I got a letter from my home, 

All of my friends, they're dead an'gone 

It'll make you worry, 

It'll make you wonder, 'bout days to come 

My mother used to talk to me, 

I was young and foolish, and could not see 

Now, I have no mother, 

My sisters and brothers, they don't care for me 

Mama used to fall on her knees an' pray, 

These are the words, mother, she used to say 

She would say: "Wha-oh, 

My son, please change your way" 

Now, I'm goin' to change my way, 

I'm growin' older each and every day 

When I was young and foolish, 

It was so easy, to go out and play 

I was a gambler, and a cheater too, 

Now, it's come my turn to lose 

This ole Sportin' Life, 

Got the best hand, what can I do? 

There ain't but one thing that I done wrong, 

I liv'd that ole Sportin' Life too long 

Friends, it's no good, please believe me, 

Please leave it alone 

I'm getting tired of running round, 

Think I will marry, and settle down 

This ole night life, 

This ole Sportin' Life, its killing me