Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Long way from my home Sometimes I wish, I could fly Like a bird up in the sky Oh, sometimes I wish, I could fly Fly like a bird up in the sky Sometimes I wish, I could fly Like a bird up in the sky Little closer to home Motherless children have a hard time Motherless children have a, such a hard time Motherless children have such a really hard time A long way from home Sometimes I feel like freedom is near Sometimes I feel like freedom is here Sometimes I feel like freedom is so near But we're so far from home Sometimes I feel like a motherless child [Incomprehensible] sometimes I feel like, motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Long way from home Sometimes I feel [Incomprehensible] Sometimes I feel [Incomprehensible] Sometimes I feel [Incomprehensible] But we're so far from home