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