Motherless Children

Motherless children have a hard time
 When their mother's dead.
 Motherless children have a hard time
 When their mother's dead.
 See them wander from door to door,
 Lord, they don't got no place to go.
 Nobody love you like your mother can
 When your mother's dead.
 Father will do the best he can
 When your mother's dead.
 Father will do the best he can
 When your mother's dead.
 Father will do the best he can
 But some things, your father can't understand.
 Nobody loves you like your mother can
 When your mother's dead.
 When your mother's dead
 When your mother's dead, Lord
 Nobody loves you like your mother can
 When your mother's dead.
 When your mother's dead.
 When your mother's dead, Lord
 Nobody loves you like your mother can
 When your mother's dead.
 Sister will do the best she can
 When your mother's dead
 Sister will do the best she can
 But she'll go and leave you for another man
 Nobody loves you like a mother can
 When your mother's dead.
 When your mother's dead
 When your mother's dead
 Nobody loves you like a mother can
 When your mother's dead
 When you mother's dead
 When your mother's dead
 Nobody wants you
 Nobody needs you
 Nobody loves you like a mother can
 When your mother's dead