Motherless Children - Gregory Isaacs

If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm Well, I'm a motherless child, I don't know right from wrong Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night? Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night? Well, you didn't come home 'till the sun was shining bright I had to go so far down, to get my ham bones boiled Had to go so far down, to get my ham bones boiled Well, he's had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones burn Well, I did more for you now, than your daddy ever done Well, I did more for you now, than your daddy ever done Well, I give you my jewelry, he ain't give you none And when you see two women, always running hand in hand When you see two women, always running hand in hand You can bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's man Lord, I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair And if the blues overtake me, gonna rock away from here

Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child A long way from home A long way from my home Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me A long way from my home Sometimes I feel like my hopes are in vain (Oh yeah) Sometimes I feel like my hopes are in vain (Baby) Sometimes I feel like my hopes are in vain No way to get home (No No) No way to get home Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me No way to get home Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child (Yeah) Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child (Won't someone help me now) Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone A long way from home A long way from my home Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me A long way from my home Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child (Tell me) Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child A long way from home A long way from my home Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me A long way from my home Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me A long way from my home Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me A long way from my home

What a lala... According to the fills The Philistines surround my hills Got to make a run They're behind me with a gun But there's one thing I've got to say For what I don't know now, know now, know now That's why I've got to go According to the fills My feet are my only wheels Still I've got to live Although I'm the fugitive Yes there's one thing I've got to say For what I don't know now, know now, know now That's why I've got to go Yes I've got to go According to the fills The Philistines surround my hills (Lord) I've got to make a run for it They're behind me with a gun Got to let you know, For what I don't know now, know now, know now That's why I've got to go Let them know 'Bout to, 'bout to leave