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 nothing but bad things about him
mama i'm depending on you
so just tell me the truth
and mama just 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 alone
papa was a rolling stone
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 works a day in his life
and momma some bad talk going around town
saying that papa had three other children
and a new other wife that ain't right
hey see i'm talking about papa
doing some store from preaching
and talking about saving souls
and all the time feeding the internet
stealing in the name of the lord
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
i said wherever he laid his hat was his home
and when he died all he left us was alone
hey mama
i heard papa called himself a jack of all trades
tell me is that what sent my papa to an early grave
folks say papa would
beg borrow steal to pay his bill
hey mama folks say papa was never much on thinking
spent most of his time chasing women and drinking momma
i'm depending on you to tell me the truth
momma looked up with a tear in her eye and said son
papa was a rolling stone
well well well well
wherever he laid his hat was his home
and when he died all he left us was alone
alone alone alone alone
papa was a rolling stone
wherever he laid his hat was his home
and when he died all he left us was alone
i say 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
wherever he laid his hat was his home
and when he died all he left us was alone
