tramp
all right baby you can call me that
my papa was
’cause i never dug working
from morning ’till night
and my money didn’t seem to ever come out right
no no
papa was a tramp
but he was a lover too
so why can’t i do like papa do
alike apapa do yeah
alike apapa do now
’cause i’m his son
why can’t i be like my daddy
low down and nasty
all right if you want to call me that go ahead
i guess papa was too
just ’cause he don’t take
nobody’s mess
i get mad in a minute
and jump in your chest
lowdown alright
papa was too
but he was a lover too now
so why can’t i do like apapa do
alright
alike apapa do now
alike papa do
’cause i’m his son
i wanna be like daddy
be like my daddy
ho
alright call me for two
’cause papa was
why yes he was
just ’cause he got a holes in both of my shoes
and i cover the holes with the daily news
papa was po’
he was a lover too
so why can’t i do like my papa do
alright
alike apapa do now
like my papa do
’cause i’m his son
can’t you understand
i wanna be like my daddy
be like my daddy
oh i’m his son now
adon’t you miss mme now
just call me wanna hang around and do nothing
but newspaper in my shoes
i just cover them holes yeah
Artist: Joe Tex
Year: 1966
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 124