Papa was a rolling stone
Still from video with music soundtrack
12 minutes
2010

This must be the ultimate mid-life crisis man-song. It's about a husband, father, breadwinner, wheeler and dealer guy. About booze, temptation, recklessness and ultimately, mortality. Papa didn't have life insurance, a pension or medical aid either.

Hey Mama, I heard Papa call himself a jack of all trade.
Tell me is that what sent Papa to an early grave?
Folk say Papa would beg, borrow, steal to pay his bill.
Hey Mama, folk say that Papa was never 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, Papa was a rolling stone.
(Well, well, well, well)
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died)
All he left us was ALONE.
Papa was a rolling stone.
Wherever he laid his hat was his home.
(And when he died)
All he left us was ALONE.
Papa was a rolling stone

Last verse from the Temptations hit song Papa was a Rollin' Stone
produced by Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong in 1972