Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Sometimes I feel like a motherless child. Long way from my home. Sometimes I wish 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. Sometimes I wish I could fly. Like a bird up in the sky. Closer to my home. Motherless children have a hard time. Motherless children have-a such a hard time. Motherless children have such a really hard time. A long way from home. Sometimes I feel like freedom is near. Sometimes I feel like freedom is here. Sometimes I feel like freedom is so near. But we're so far from home. .