"Sporting Life Blues" adalah sebuah lagu yang dinyanyikan oleh musisi legendaris Eric Clapton. Lagu ini mengeksplorasi tema kesedihan dan kerinduan, saat sang penyanyi merefleksikan kehidupannya yang penuh dengan kehidupan malam dan "sportlife". Dengan alunan melodi yang menyayat hati, Clapton mengungkapkan rasa lelah dan keinginan untuk mengubah jalan hidupnya, setelah menyadari betapa gaya hidup tersebut telah merusak dirinya sendiri dan hubungannya dengan orang-orang terdekat.
Sporting Life Blues Lyrics
Eric Clapton
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 (I'm getting tired)
Of hanging 'round (of hanging 'round)
Think I will marry (think I will marry)
And settle down (and settle down)
'cos this old nightlife
This old sportlife
Is killing me
This old nightlife
This old sportlife
Is killing me
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 (I'm getting tired)
Of hanging 'round (of hanging 'round)
Think I will marry (think I will marry)
And settle down (and settle down)
'cos this old nightlife
This old sportlife
Is killing me
This old nightlife
This old sportlife
Is killing me