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I'm tired of runnin' around, think I will marry and settle down
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This ole sportin' life, it is a mean life, and it's killin' me
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I got a letter from my home, all of my schoolmates, they are dead an' gone
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It'll make you worry, it'll make you wonder 'bout days to come
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My mother used to talk to me, I was young and foolish, Brownie could not see
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Now, I have no mother, my sisters and my brothers, they don't care for me
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Mama used to fall on her knees an' pray, these are the words, mother, she used to say
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She would say: "Brownie, wha-oh, my son, please change your way"
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Now, I'm goin' to change my way, I'm growin' older each and every day
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When I was young and foolish, I was so easy, easy to let ...
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I was a gambler and a cheater, too, now, it's come my turn to lose
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This ole sportin' life, got the best hand, what can I do?
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There ain't but one thing Brownie done wrong, I liv'd that ole sportin' life too long
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Friends, it's no good, please believe me, please leave it alone
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Sporting Life Blues
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| Sonny Terry |
