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?
Mama just looked at him and said Son?
Papa was a rollin' stone?
Wherever he laid his head was his home?
And when he died all he left us was alone?
Papa was a rollin' stone?
Wherever he laid his head was his home?
And when he died all he left us was alone?
Hey Mama is it true what the say that
Papa never worked a day in his life?
And Mama they talk all around town say that?
Papa had three outside children and another wife?
And that ain't right?
Heard them talkin' about
Papa doing some storefront preachin'?
Talkin' about saving your souls and
all the time weak dealin' in death?
And stealin' in the name of the Lord?
Mama just hung her head and said?
Papa was a rollin' stone?
Wherever he laid his head was his home?
And when he died all he left us was alone?
Papa was a rollin' stone?
Wherever he laid his head was his home?
And when he died all he left us was alone?
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 folks 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?
Mama just hung her head and said Son?
Papa was a rollin' stone?
Wherever he laid his head was his home?
And when he died all he left us was alone?
Papa was a rollin' stone?
Wherever he laid his head was his home?
And when he died all he left us was alone?
Papa was a rollin' stone?
Wherever he laid his head was his home?
And when he died all he left us was alone?
Papa was a rollin' stone?
Wherever he laid his head was his home?
And when he died all he left us was alone