Temptations - Papa Was A Rolling Stone lyrics

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It was the third of September.<br />

That day I'll always remember, yes I will.<br />

'Cause that was the day that my daddy died.<br />

I never got a chance to see him.<br />

Never heard nothing but bad things about him.<br />

Mama, I'm depending on you, tell me the truth.<br />

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And Mama just hung her head and said, <br />

"Son, Papa was a rolling stone.<br />

Wherever he laid his hat was his home.<br />

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."<br />

"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.<br />

Wherever he laid his hat was his home.<br />

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."<br />

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Well, well.<br />

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Hey Mama, is it true what they say, <br />

That Papa never worked a day in his life?<br />

And Mama, bad talk going around town<br />

Saying that Papa had three outside children and another wife.<br />

And that ain't right.<br />

HEARD SOME talk about Papa doing some store front preaching.<br />

TalkIN about saving souls and all the time leeching.<br />

Dealing in debt and stealing in the name of the Lord.<br />

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Mama just hung her head and said, <br />

"Papa was a rolling stone, my son.<br />

Wherever he laid his hat was his home.<br />

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."<br />

"Hey, Papa was a rolling stone.<br />

Wherever he laid his hat was his home.<br />

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."<br />

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Uh! <br />

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Hey Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trade.<br />

Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?<br />

Folk say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bill.<br />

Hey Mama, folk say that Papa was never much on thinking.<br />

Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking.<br />

Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth. Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said, <br />

"Son, Papa was a rolling stone. (Well, well, well, well)<br />

Wherever he laid his hat was his home.<br />

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."<br />

"Papa was a rolling stone.<br />

Wherever he laid his hat was his home.<br />

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."<br />

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"I said, Papa was a rolling stone. Wherever he laid his hat was his home.<br />

(And when he died) All he left us was ALONE."