Listen to Like a Motherless Child by Moby

Like a Motherless Child

Moby

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Moby

Vocals

Raquel Rodriguez

Raquel Rodriguez

Vocals

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Moby

Songwriter

Moby null

Songwriter

Atlaxsys null

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Moby

Producer

Joe Lambert

Mastering Engineer

Steve "Dub" Jones

Steve "Dub" Jones

Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

So far from home

[Verse 2]

This was life and this was safer

All strange and always stranger

I laid paint but so much later

I'm never safe form all this danger

The demon's eyes and demon satyr

I was bait but what would bait her?

Don't know my needs, don't know my ways sir

I hide my face, no way to face her

This was loss, this was my name

This was my truth, this was no game

This was not hope, this was not sane

And from these broken places made

That was loss and this was later

I wanted less but nothing greater

I couldn't leave, I couldn't stay sir

[Verse 3]

Like a motherless child

[Verse 4]

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

So far from home

[Verse 5]

This was loss and this was later

Always hate but never hate her

I laid in wait but so much later

I'm never safe from all this danger

The demon's eyes, the demon satyr

I was bait but what would bait her?

Don't know my needs, don't know my ways sir

I hide my face, no way to face her

This was loss, this was my name

This was my truth, this was no game

This was not hope, this was not sane

And from these broken places made

That was loss and this was later

I wanted less but nothing greater

I couldn't leave, I couldn't stay sir

Like a motherless child

[Verse 6]

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

So far from home

So far from home

So far from home

Written by: Atlaxsys null, Moby, Moby null

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