- Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to say before we go
into this next selection, that this is the selection we are so
proud of because we won the grammy award for the best
performance by a Rythm and Blues act. And we would
like to do it for you: "PAPA WAS A ROLLIN' STONE"
It was the third of September, well
That day I'll always remember, yes I will
Oh, remember the day that my daddy died
(Let me know you're with me this evening - come on)
For I never got a chance to see him
Never hurd nothing but bad things about him
Mama. I'm depending on you to tell me the truth
Mama, she looked at me and she said
Sonny, you're papa was a rollin' stone, well well well
Where ever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died all he left us was alone
Let me tell you one more time
Papa was a rollin' stone ... etc ... alone
Well you feel pretty good, you feel pretty good
Hey mama, is it true what they say that papa never
worked a day in his life
And mama, there's some bad talk goin' round down town
That papa had three outside children and another wife
And that ain't right
Heard some talk about papa doin' store front preachin'
Talkin' about savin' souls and all the time leachin'
Dealin' in dirt and stealin' in the name of the Lord
My mama looked at me and said
Papa was a rollin' stone ... etc. alone
Repeat Papa was ...
Go more with me
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 or steal to pay his bills
Hey mama, folks say Papa was never much on thinkin"
Spent much of his time chacing woman and drinkin'
Mama, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth, hey
Papa was a rollin' stone,... etc ... alone
Repeat Papa was a rollin' stone ... alone
My gady was, he was a rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin' rollin'
rollin' stone
APPLAUSE
- Everybody come and get the groove
Everybody get the grove with me
Everybody, come on
Hey mama, is it true ... etc ... in the name of the Lord
Papa was a rollin' stone ... etc .. . alone
Papa was a rollin' stone ... etc ... alone
God bless you. Gold bless you, God bless you
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