Listen to Papa Was a Rolling Stone (with Lars Danielsson, Leszek Możdżer, Nguyên Lê & Robert Mehmet Ikiz) by Cæcilie Norby

Papa Was a Rolling Stone (with Lars Danielsson, Leszek Możdżer, Nguyên Lê & Robert Mehmet Ikiz)

Cæcilie Norby

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Credits

AUSFÜHRENDE KÜNSTLER:INNEN

Cæcilie Norby

Künstler:in

Lars Danielsson

Lars Danielsson

Bass

Leszek Możdżer

Klavier

Nguyên Lê

E-Gitarre

Robert Mehmet Ikiz

Robert Mehmet Ikiz

Schlagzeug

KOMPOSITION UND LIEDTEXT

Barrett Strong

Songwriter:in

Norman Whitfield

Norman Whitfield

Songwriter:in

Lyrics

It was the 3rd of September

That day I'll always remember

That was the day that my Daddy died

Never got a chance to see him

Never heard nothing but bad things about him

Mamma, I'm counting on you to tell me the truth

And she said, Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he lay his hat was his home

And when he died, all he left us was alone

Hey Mamma, 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 or borrow to pay his last bill

So Mamma, I' depending on you to tell me the truth

She said, Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he laid his hat was his home

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

Nothing but alone

Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he lay his hat was his home

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

Once again I say, Papa was a rolling stone

Wherever he lay his hat was his home

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

Nothing but alone

I

(Papa was a)

Ain't gonna leave me

(Papa was a)

Oh, tell me the truth

(Papa was a)

(Papa was a)

A rolling stone

Written by: Norman Whitfield

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