It was the third of September   That day I'll always remember, yes I will   'Cause, that was the day that my daddy died      Never had a chance to see him, no   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      "Papa was a rollin' stone   Wherever he laid his hat was his home   And when he died   All he left us was alone"      "Papa was a rollin' 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 worked a day in his life   Some bad talk going around sayin'   Papa had three outside children and another wife   That ain't right?      Heard some talk about papa and his storefront   Preachin', talkin' about saving souls and all the time   Leachin' and dealing in dirt, stealin' in the name of the Lord   But mama, she just said      "Papa was a rollin' stone   Wherever he laid his hat was his home   And when he died   All he left us was alone"      "Papa was a rollin' stone   Wherever he laid his hat was his home   And when he died   All he left us was alone"      Say, I heard my papa was a jack of all trades   Is that what papa sent to an early grave?   Folks say, papa would beg, borrow or steal   Just to pay his bills      Hey mama, folks say   Papa was never much in thinkin'   Spent most of his time, chasin' women and drinkin'   But mother, I'm depending on you to tell me the truth   But my mama she just said      "Papa was a rollin' stone   Wherever he laid his hat was his home   And when he died   All he left us was alone"      "Papa was a rollin' stone   Wherever he laid his hat was his home   And when he died   All he left us was alone"