The Right Kind Of Life

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