Sportin' Life Lyrics - Hustle With Speed - The J.b.'s

I'm tired of hangin' around, 

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'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, Brownie could not see 

Now, I have no mother, my sisters 

And my 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: "Brownie, 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, 

I was so easy, easy to let ... 

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 Brownie done wrong, 

I liv'd that ole sportin' life too long 

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

Please leave it alone