Lucinda Williams - Motherless Children Lyrics
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadWanderin' round from door to doorThey don't have no place to goMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadSome people say your sister will do when your mother's deadSome people say your sister will do when your mother's deadSome people say your sister will doSoon as she marries, turn her back on youMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadSome people say your auntie will do when your mother's deadSome people say your auntie will do when your mother's deadSome people say your auntie will doMake a start, then prove untrueMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadYour husband may do the best he can when your mother's deadYour husband may do the best he can when your mother's deadYour husband may do the best he canbut your husband don't understandMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadJesus will be a father to you when your mother's deadJesus will be a father to you when your mother's deadJesus will be a father to youPain and sorrow he'll lead you throughMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadWanderin' round from door to doorThey don't have no place to goMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's deadMotherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
