Papa Was a Rollin' Stone (Live at the S.E.R.P.E.N.T Festival)

It was the third of September

That day I'll always remember

Yes, I will

'Cause that was the day that my daddy died, yeah

I never got a chance to see him

Never heard nothin' but bad things about him

Mama, I'm dependin' on you to tell me the truth

Mama just hung her head and said, "Son

Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was alone"

"Papa was a rolling stone, my son

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

(And when he died)

All he left us was alone"

Hey, mama, is it true what they say

That papa never worked a day in his life?

Oh, mama, some bad talk's goin' around town sayin' papa had three outside children

And another wife and that ain't right

Heard some talk, papa doing some storefront preachin'

Talkin' 'bout saving souls and all the time leechin'

Dealin' in debt and stealin' in the name of the Lord

Mama just hung her head and said, "Son

Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was alone (hey, hey, hey)

Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was alone, ho-ho, yeah"

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, steal to pay his bills

Hey, mama

Folks say papa never was much on thinkin'

Spent most of his time chasin' women and drinkin'

Mama, I'm dependin' on you to tell me the truth

Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said, "Son

Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was alone

Papa was a rolling stone, my son

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died

All he left us was alone"

Ooh-whoo, whoo, whoo

Ooh-whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo

Oh, yeah, yeah