Motherless Children - Joe South

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mother is gone

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mother is gone

Whoa, motherless children have a hard time

All that weepin' and all that cryin', Lord

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mother is gone

Tell the truth

Papa do the best he can

When your mother is gone (Mother is gone)

Papa do the best he can

When your mother is gone (Mother is gone)

Papa do the best he can

So many little things that a man just don’t understand, Lord

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mother is gone (Mother is gone)

People say a sister will do

When your mother is gone (Mother is gone)

People say a sister will do

When your mother is gone (Mother is gone)

You know, people say a sister will do

But she’ll get married, turn her back on you, yeah

Motherless children have a hard time

When their mother is gone (Mother is gone)

They have a hard time (Hard time)

Don’t you know that they have a hard time (Hard time)

Yeah-hey, hey-hey (Hard time)

Hey-hey, a lonely cryin' (Hard time)

And you know what I’m talkin' about, now (Hard time)

They have a hard time (Hard time)