Lyrics to
Motherless Child

This version of Motherless Child was released by Boney M in 1977.

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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 my home
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
A long way from my home

Sometimes I feel like my hopes are in vain (Oh yeah)
Sometimes I feel like my hopes are in vain (Baby)
Sometimes I feel like my hopes are in vain

No way to get home (No No)
No way to get home
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
No way to get home

Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child (Yeah)
Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child (Won’t someone help me now)
Sometimes I feel like I’m almost gone

A long way from home
A long way from my home
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
A long way from my home

Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child (Tell me)
Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child
Sometimes I feel like a Motherless Child

A long way from home
A long way from my home
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
A long way from my home

Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
A long way from my home
Believe me, Believe me, Believe me, Believe me
A long way from my home

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About Lyrics and Motherless Child by Boney M

When you decide to study the lyrics to Motherless Child, you're looking at the words, verses and background chorus from the 1977 song by Boney M. Some of the lyrics to Motherless Child have clear meanings and some contain metaphorical references. Like most songs, only Boney M and their collaborators know the full story behind any of the their songs.

You can understand the lyrics to Motherless Child if you take apart the structure of the words. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Motherless Child" means the words set to the music of Motherless Child, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Boney M. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Motherless Child and the lyrics to Motherless Child are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Boney M who came here looking just for the lyrics to Motherless Child, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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