Motherless Children

Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone

Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone

Motherless children have a hard time

There's all that weepin' and all that cryin'

Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone

Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone

Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone

Father will do the best he can

But there's so many things he just don't understand

Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone

People say a sister will do when the mother is gone

People say a sister will do when the mother is gone

People say a sister will do

But she'll get married and turn her back on you

Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone

Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone

Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone

Friends will tell you what to do, then they'll turn their back on you

Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone