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PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE
TEXT + MUSIK : NORMAN WHITFIELD/BARRETT STRONG
PROD.JAHR <P>: 1990
INTERPRET : WAS NOT WAS
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It was the third of September;
that day I'll always remember,
'cause that was the day
that my daddy died.
I never got a chance to see him;
never heard nothin' but bad
things about him
Mama I'm depending on you
to tell me the truth.
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Mama just looked at him and said:
Papa was a rollin' stone.
Where-ever he laid his hat
was his home.
And when he died,
all he left us
was alone.
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Hey, Mama, I heard
Papa call himself
a jack of all trades.
Tell me, is that what sent Papa
to an early grave?
Folks say Papa would beg,
borrow or steal
to pay
his bills.
Hey, Mama, foks say
Papa was never much on thinkin';
Spend most of his time
chasin' women and drinkin'!
Mama, I'm depending on you
to tell me the truth.
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Mama just hung her head and said:
Papa was a rollin' stonee...