Rosanne Cash - Motherless children

M^Emotherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone Motherless children have a h^Card time when the mo^Emther is gone

There's ^Call that weeping and a^Dll that crying ^AMotherless children have a h^Gard ti^Dme when the mo^Emther is gone

^EmFather will do the best he can when the mother is gone Father will do the b^Cest he can when the mo^Emther is gone Father will do the best he can But there's s^Co many things he just don't unde^Drstand ^AMotherless children have a ha^Grd t^Dime when the mo^Emther is gone

^EmPeople say a sister will do when the mother is gone People say a si^Cster will do when the mo^Emther is gone

But s^Che'll get married, turn her ba^Dck on you ^AMotherless children have a h^Gard t^Dime when the m^Emother is gone

^EmFriends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone Friends will treat you like your mot^Cher will when your m^Emother is gone Friends will tell you what to do - T^Chen they'll turn their ba^Dck on you ^AMotherless children have a ha^Grd ti^Dme when their mo^Emther is gone ..... repeat break