It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In is a 1975 gospel blues LP by American street-performing musician Reverend Pearly Brown (191586, vocals, guitar and harmonica, active in Macon, Georgia) on the Rounder label.
Track listing
Side 1
- "How Long Has It Been Since You've Been Home"
- "The Day Is Past and Gone"
- "It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In"
- "What a Time"
- "Pure Religion"
- "Help Me to Understand"
Side 2
- "How About You"
- "Nothin' but Joy"
- "Another Child of God Gone Home"
- "Keep Your Lamp Trimmed and Burnin'"
- "Please Mommy Stay Home with Me"
- "Peace Will Prevail"
- "Goodbye"
Bonus tracks on CD re-release Rounder <small>82161-0221-2</small>
These are placed between "Peace Will Prevail" and "Goodbye" in the original release order.
- "Steal Away"
- "You Got to Move"
- "I Know the Lord Will Make a Way"
- "Sometimes I Feel Like My Time Ain't Long"
- "Motherless Children"
- "When I Take My Vacation"
References