[Intro]
(Ah, ah, ah-ah)
(Ah, ah, ah)
And I feel I'm a
I said it once, once, once, once
Mmm

[Verse]
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Ooh, sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, oh, ooh, oh, ooh
A long way from home, ayy-ee
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, yeah
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child, uh
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
A long way from home, hey-eh-eh

[Refrain]
(Long way from home) A long way from home
I feel likе an itty, lil', lil' bitty, lil' baby (Long way from home)
It gets so lonely somеtimes
I just wanna cry
Hey, way, from (Long way from home)
Hey-eh, eh-eh, a long way from home
A long way from home, ah-woo, ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh
[Outro]
A long way from home