Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long ways from home A long ways from home True believer A long ways from home Along ways 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 ways from home A long ways from home True believer A long ways from home Along ways from home Sometimes I feel like I'm almos' gone Sometimes I feel like I'm almos' gone Sometimes I feel like I'm almos' gone Way up in de heab'nly land Way up in de heab'nly land True believer Way up in de heab'nly land Way up in de heab'nly land Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child Sometimes I feel like a motherless child A long ways from home There's praying everywhere