[ti:Papa Was a Rolling Stone]
[ar:The Rotations]
[al:This Is Soul]
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[00:00.00]Papa Was a Rolling Stone - The Rotations/Rona Miller
[00:34.50]It was the third of September
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[00:39.29]That day I'll always remember yes I will
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[00:42.84]'Cause that was the day that my daddy died
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[00:50.71]I never got a chance to see him
[00:53.46]
[00:55.01]Never heard nothing but bad things about him
[00:58.93]Mama I'm depending on you tell me the truth
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[01:05.18]And Mama just hung her head and said
[01:07.04]Son Papa was a rolling stone
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[01:11.12]Wherever he laid his hat was his home
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[01:14.71]And when he died
[01:17.06]All he left us was alone
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[01:23.06]Papa was a rolling stone my son
[01:26.61]
[01:27.16]Wherever he laid his hat was his home
[01:30.16]
[01:30.72]And when he died
[01:32.25]All he left us was alone
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[02:10.78]Hey Mama is it true what they say
[02:13.95]That Papa never worked a day in his life
[02:17.01]And Mama bad talk going around town
[02:20.85]Saying that Papa had three
[02:21.94]Outside children and another wife
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[02:25.22]And that ain't right
[02:26.71]Heard some talk about Papa
[02:28.12]Doing some store front preaching
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[02:30.95]Talk about saving souls
[02:32.23]And all the time leeching
[02:34.92]Dealing in debt and stealing
[02:37.26]In the name of the Lord
[02:40.20]
[02:41.04]Mama just hung her head and said
[02:43.11]Papa was a rolling stone my son
[02:47.00]Wherever he laid his hat was his home
[02:50.60]And when he died
[02:52.92]All he left us was alone
[02:57.78]
[02:58.87]Hey Papa was a rolling stone
[03:01.21]
[03:03.04]Wherever he laid his hat was his home
[03:06.54]And when he died
[03:08.98]All he left us was alone
[03:12.63]
[03:29.79]Hey Mama I heard Papa call
[03:32.05]Himself a jack of all trade
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[03:35.07]Tell me is that what sent
[03:36.42]Papa to an early grave
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[03:39.22]Folk say Papa would beg
[03:40.59]Borrow steal to pay his bill
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[03:45.14]Hey Mama folk say that
[03:48.09]Papa was never much on thinking
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[03:50.93]Spent most of his time
[03:52.25]Chasing women and drinking
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[03:54.93]Mama I'm depending on
[03:56.47]You to tell me the truth
[03:59.68]Mama looked up with a
[04:00.88]Tear in her eye and said
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[04:02.91]Son Papa was a rolling stone
[04:05.73]Well well well well
[04:07.33]Wherever he laid his hat was his home
[04:09.79]
[04:10.63]And when he died
[04:12.80]All he left us was alone
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[04:17.95]I said
[04:18.55]Papa was a rolling stone
[04:21.35]
[04:23.11]Wherever he laid his hat was his home
[04:26.55]And when he died
[04:28.93]All he left us was alone
[04:33.32]
[04:34.98]Papa was a rolling stone
[04:37.33]
[04:39.02]Wherever he laid his hat was his home
[04:42.59]And when he died All he left us was alone