Sonny Boy Williamson I The Right Kind Of Life lyrics

Now an I'm only twenty-fo' year
I just declare and I've been married twice
Yes, I been married twice

Oh now an I'm only twenty-fo' year
I just declare and I been married twice
Yes, I been married twice

Well, now you people know by that mean
Oh, that I had been livin' the right kind of life
No, not the right kind of life

Now my mother often sit down an talk wit' me
Talk wit' me about being so wild
Yes, being so wild

Now my mother often sit down an talk wit' me
Talk wit' me 'bout being so wild
Yes, about being so wild

Well, then she said, ‽I'm scared that women and whiskey
Is gon' be the ruin of my only child”
Yes, my only child'

Now but you know how boys an girls is nowadays
They won't pay their mother no mind
No, not their mother no mind

Well, you know how boys an girls is nowadays
They won't pay their mother no mind
No, not their mother no mind


Well, then when they go out an stay all night long
Yo' mother standin' in her back do' cryin'
Yes, in her back do' cryin'

Well, but someday
Someday people, I'm gonna change my mind
Yes, I'm gonna change my mind

Oh now, but someday
On someday, I'm gonna change my mind
Yes, I'm gonna change my mind

Well, an I'm gonna stop runnin' at women
An stay drunk all the time
Yes, stay drunk all the time

And now isn't it hard to have a home
A home you can't go there no mo?'
No, not go there no mo'

Oh now, ain't it hard to have a home
A home and you can't go there no mo'?
No, not go there no mo'

Now when this little woman that you been lovin'
Have fell in love with Mr.So and so
Yes, Mr.So and so