This series will include as many of my all-time
favorite (ATF) tunes as I can get my grubby little hands on (so to speak). Now, each one included in each edition will
have some connection with the other—albeit only as a figment of my imagination,
but they will not be numbered. For I
just cannot bring myself to rate some higher than others. So, this will not be a countdown, but if you
are enjoying them as much as I do, it won’t matter. Besides, with no countdown, this could go on
forever and ever! Oh, and despite the
fact that there is absolutely no way your musical tastes could be as exquisite
as mine, I welcome any suggestions you might dare to make. For I am, after all, quite magnanimous by nature.
Link: [Merle Haggard]
Mama Tried
Merle Haggard
The first thing I remember knowin’
Was a lonesome whistle blowin’
And a young-un’s dream
Of growin’ up to ride
On a freight train leavin’ town
Not knowin’ where I’m bound
No one could change my mind
But mama tried
One and only rebel child
From a family meek and mild
My mama seemed to know
What lay in-store
Despite all my Sunday learnin’
Towards the bad I kept on turnin’
‘Til Mama
Couldn’t hold me anymore
I turned twenty-one in prison
Doin’ life without parole
No one could steer me right
But mama tried
Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better
But her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame
‘Cause mama tried
Dear old daddy rest his soul
Left my mom a heavy load
She tried so very hard
To fill his shoes
Workin’ hours without rest
Wanted me to have the best
She tried to raise me right
But I refused
And I turned twenty-one in prison
Doin’ life without parole
No one could steer me right
But mama tried
Mama tried
Mama tried to raise me better
But her pleading I denied
That leaves only me to blame
‘Cause mama tried
Link: [The Temptations]
Papa Was a Rolling Stone
The Temptations
It was the third of September
That day I'll always remember
Yes I will
‘Cause
That was the day
That my daddy died
I never got a chance to see him
Never heard nothin'
But bad things about him
Mama I'm dependin’ on you
To tell me the truth
Mama just hung her head
And said
Son
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
My son yeah
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
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 goin' round town sayin'
That papa had three outside children
And another wife
And that ain't right
Heard them talking papa
Doin’ some storefront preachin'
Talked about saving souls
And all the time leachin’
Dealin’ in debt
And stealin’ in the name of the Lord
Mama just hung her head
And said
Papa was a rollin’ 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 rollin’ stone
Yeah honey
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us was alone
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 say papa never was
Much on thinkin’
Spent most of his time
Chasin’ women and drinkin’
Mama I'm dependin’ on you
To tell me the truth
Mama looked up with a tear in her eye
And said
Son
Papa was a rollin’ stone
Well well well well
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
Hey yeah
And when he died
All he left us was alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Alone
Papa was a rollin’ stone
Oh oh oh oh oh oh
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
Hey yeah
And when he died
All he left us was alone
I said hey
Papa was a rollin’ stone
Yes he was
My son
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
And when he died
All he left us was alone
My baby
Well
Yes he was
Papa was a rollin’ stone
Wherever he laid his hat was his home
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