Papa Was a Rolling Stone - 2016 Remaster

It was the third of September

That day, I'll always remember, yes, I will

'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

Momma, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth

Momma hung her head and said

Uncle was a rolling stone

Where ever he laid his hat, was his home

And when he died

All he left us was a loan

Uncle was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat, was his home

And when he died

All he left us was a loan

Hey, momma, is it true what they say

That papa never worked a day in his life?

Momma, there's some bad talk goin' 'round town

That papa had three outside children and another wife

Heard some talk about papa doing some store front preaching

Talked about saving souls and all the time leaching

Dealing in debt, stealing in the name of the law

Momma hung her head and said

Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was a loan

Say (papa was a rolling stone)

Yeah, he know it

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was a loan

Oh

Hmm-hmm

Come on, tell me

Hey, momma

I heard papa called himself a jack of all trades?

Tell me was that what sent papa to an early grave?

Folks says papa would beg, borrow, steal

To pay his bills

Folks says papa never was much on thinking

Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking

Momma, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth

Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was a loan

You know

Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was a loan

You know papa

Oh, papa was a rolling stone

Yeah, you know

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was a loan

Oh, how much do you owe me

Papa was a rolling stone

You know

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was a loan

(Nothing but bad days of fathering)

He was a rolling stone