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 home, mm mm      Sometimes I wish that 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   Such a long way from home   Such a long way from home      Sometimes I feel like freedom is near   Sometimes I feel like freedom is near   Sometimes I feel like freedom is near   But we're so far from home   You know we’re so far from home      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    Oh such a long way from home   I’m long way from home   Such a long way from home