[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
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
A little closer to home

[Verse 3]
Motherless children have a hard time
Motherless children have a, such a hard time
Motherless children have such a really hard time
But we're so far

[Verse 4]
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

[Verse 1]
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Baby, sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Long way from home
[Verse 5]
Sometimes I feel like it's close at hand
Sometimes I feel like the kingdom is at hand
Sometimes I feel like kingdom is now
But we're so far from home