sporting life blues

i'm getting tired

of hanging 'round

think i will marry

and settle down

'cos this old nightlife

this old sportlife

is killing me

i've got a letter

from my home

most of my friends are

dead and gone

i begin to worry

i begin to wonder

'bout days to come

my mother used to

talk to me

i was young and foolish

and could not see

now i've got no mother

my sisters and brothers

don't care for me

i swear i'm gonna

change my ways

i'm getting older

everyday

when i was young and foolish

it was so easy

to run and play

i'm getting tired

of hanging 'round

think i will marry

and settle down

'cos this old nightlife

this old sportlife

is killing me

this old nightlife

this old sportlife

is killing me