It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In
# It's a Mean Old World to Try to Live In

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 (1915–86, 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 82161-0221-2

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"
