Sportin' Life

Well, I'm tired of hanging around. I think I will marry and settle down. 'Cause this old night life, this old sporting life Is killing me. I got a letter from my home. Most of my friends are dead and gone. And I began to worry, Began to wonder about days to come. Thinking about days to come, man. My mother used to say to me, As young and foolish as I could be. Now I have no mother. My sister and brother won't talk to me, Talk to me. She used to fall on her knees and pray. And these are the words she'd say. Collier, Oh, Collier, please change your ways. Now I'm going to change my ways. I'm getting older Every day. When I was young and foolish, I was easy Led astray. I've been a cheater and a gambler too. Now it has come my time to lose. This sporting life has got me bested. What can I do?