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PERFORMING ARTISTS
Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Richie Havens
Richie Havens
Composer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
[Verse 2]
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
[Verse 3]
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
[Verse 4]
Lived a long
Way
From my home
[Verse 5]
Singing freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
[Verse 6]
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
[Verse 7]
Clap your hands now
Clap your hands now
[Verse 8]
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Yeah, a long
Way
From my home
[Verse 9]
Singing freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Freedom
[Verse 10]
Freedom
Freedom
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Verse 11]
I got a telephone in my bosom
And I call him up from my heart
I got a telephone in my bosom
And I call him up from my heart
[Verse 12]
When I need my brother (Brother)
I cry, " Brother"
When I need my sister (Sister)
Say, "Sister" (Sister)
[Verse 13]
Say, "Father, father"
Hey, mother (Mother)
Singing freedom
Freedom
Freedom
Yeah, yeah, yeah (Ow)
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah
Written by: Richie Havens

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