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Papa Was A Rollin' Stone
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(As recorded by the Temptations)
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NORMAN WHITFIELD
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BARRETT STRONG
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It was the third of September, that day I'll always remember, yes I will
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'Cause that was the day that my daddy died
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I never got a chance to see him, never heard nothin' but bad things about him
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Mama I'm depending on you, to tell me the truth
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Mama just hung her head and said son
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Papa was a rollin' stone, wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone, oh
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Papa was a rollin' stone, (my son yeah) wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone, well well
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Hey mama, is it true what they say that papa never worked a day in his life
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And mama, some bad talk goin' around town sayin' that papa had three outside children
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And another wife... and that ain't right
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Heard some talk about papa doin' some store front preachin'
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Talkin' about savin' souls and all the time leechin', dealin' in dirt
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And stealin' in the name of the Lord
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Mama just hung her head and said
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Papa was a rollin' stone, (my son) wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone
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Hey, papa was a rollin' stone, (dadgummit) wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone, ooh
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Hey mama, I heard papa call himself a jack of all trades
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Tell me is that what sent papa to an early grave?
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Folks say papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bills
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Hey mama, folks say papa never was much on thinkin'
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Spent most of his time chasin' women and drinkin'
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Mama I'm depending on you to tell me the truth
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Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said son
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Papa was a rollin' stone, (well, well, well, well) wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone, alone, alone, alone, alone
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Papa was a rollin' stone, (uh huh) wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone, I said
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Papa was a rollin' stone, (yes he was now) wherever he laid his hat was his home
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And when he died, all he left us was alone.
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(c) Copyright 1972 by Stone Diamond Music Corp.
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- HIT PARADER, April 1973.
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