Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long, long way from home A long, long way from home Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone And I know my time's not long I know that my time is not long Sometimes I feel like I'm Heaven bound Sometimes I feel like I'm Heaven bound Sometimes I feel like I'm Heaven bound And I wear a golden crown I wear a golden crown Sometimes I feel like my soul is on fire Sometimes I feel like my soul is on fire Sometimes I feel like my soul is on fire And I'm about to die And I'm about to die I'm about to die I'm about to die I'm just a motherless child Motherless child Motherless, mother-, mother-, motherless child Motherless child