Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

: Sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child  

  Sometimes I wish I could fly,
Like a bird up in the sky 
Sometimes I wish I could fly,
Like a bird in the sky
Little closer to home

  Motherless children
Have a real hard time 
Motherless children
Have a such a real hard time
So long so long so long

  Sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child 
Sometimes I feel
Like a motherless child
So far away

  Sometimes I feel
Like freedom is near 
Sometimes I feel
Like freedom is near
But we're so far away

  Sometimes I feel
Like it's close at hand 
Sometimes I feel
Like the freedom is near
But we're so far from home

  Sometimes, sometimes, |
Sometimes
  So far, so far, so far, 
So far Mama from you, so far