Well, I'm tired of runnin' around I will marry and settle down This ole sportin' life It is a mean life, people, and it's killin' me I got a letter from my home All of my friends are dead and gone It'll make you worry Make you wonder, people, about days to come My mother she used to talk to me I was young and foolish, and I could not see I have no mother My sisters and my brothers don't talk to me She used to fall on her knees and pray These are the words, mother, she used to say She would say, Brownie Woah, Brownie, please, change your ways Now, I'm goin' to change my ways I'm gettin' older each and every day When I was young and foolish I was easy, easy lead astray Now, I'm goin' to change my ways I'm gettin' older each and every day When I was young and foolish I was easy, easy lead astray There ain't but one thing that I've done wrong I lived that ole sportin' life too long Well, it's no good Please believe me, why don't you leave it alone