Papa Was a Rolling Stone Karaoke - The Temptations

This title is a cover version of Papa Was a Rolling Stone as made famous by The Temptations

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With backing vocals (with or without vocals in the KFN version)

Same as the original tempo: 123.972 BPM

In the same key as the original: B♭m

Duration: 06:52 - Sample at: 02:27

Release date: 1972
Genres: Funk, Soul, In English
Original songwriter: Norman Jesse Whitfield, Barrett Strong

All files available for download are backing tracks, they're not the original music.

Lyrics Papa Was a Rolling Stone

It was the third of September

That day I'll always remember, yes I will

'Cos 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 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 all he left us was alone

Ooh, Papa was a rolling stone, my son, yeah wherever he laid his hat was his home

All he left us was alone well, well

Hey, Mama is it true what they say that papa never worked a day in his life

And Mama, some bad talk going around town saying

Papa had three outside children

And another wife and that ain't right

Heard some talk about papa doing some store front preaching

Talking 'bout saving souls and all the time leaching

Dealing in dirt, and stealing in the name of the Lord

Mama just hung her head and said

My 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, papa was a rolling stone, dad gum it

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

And when he died all he left us was alone, ooh

Hey, Mama

I heard Papa called 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 said Papa never was much on thinking

Spent most of his time chasing women and drinking

Mama I'm depending on you to tell me the truth

Mama looked up with a tear in her eye and said son

Well, well, well, well hey, yeah

All he left us was alone

I said

Oh, oh, oh, oh oh, oh, oh, oh, hey, yeah

All he left us was alone

I said

Yes, he was my son oh, oh, oh, oh

All he left us was alone

I said

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Papa Was a Rolling Stone Karaoke - The Temptations

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