Lyrics
Motherless children have a hard time
Motherless children face difficulties
When their mother's dead
Especially when their mother has passed away
Motherless children have a hard time
Reiteration of the challenges for motherless children
When their mother's dead
Highlighting the impact of a deceased mother
See them wander from door to door
Depicting motherless children wandering with no destination
Lord, they don't got no place to go
Expressing their lack of a stable home
Nobody love you like your mother can
Emphasizing the irreplaceable love of a mother
When your mother's dead
Reiterating the impact of a deceased mother
Father will do the best he can
Father attempting to fill the maternal role
When your mother's dead
Describing the father's efforts after the mother's death
Father will do the best he can
Repeating the father's attempt to compensate
When your mother's dead
Highlighting the limitations of a father's understanding
Father will do the best he can
Continuing the theme of a father doing his best
But some things, your father can't understand
Acknowledging the gaps in a father's comprehension
Nobody loves you like your mother can
Underscoring the unique love of a mother
When your mother's dead
Reaffirming the impact of a deceased mother
When your mother's dead
Reiteration of challenges after the mother's death
When your mother's dead, Lord
Emphasizing the difficulty when the mother is gone
Nobody loves you like your mother can
Reaffirming the incomparable love of a mother
When your mother's dead
Reiterating the impact of a deceased mother
When your mother's dead
Reiteration of challenges after the mother's death
When your mother's dead, Lord
Emphasizing the difficulty when the mother is gone
Nobody loves you like your mother can
Reaffirming the incomparable love of a mother
When your mother's dead
Reiterating the impact of a deceased mother
Sister will do the best she can
Sister attempting to fill the maternal role
When your mother's dead
Describing the sister's efforts after the mother's death
Sister will do the best she can
Repeating the sister's attempt to compensate
But she'll go and leave you for another man
Noting the potential for abandonment by the sister
Nobody loves you like a mother can
Emphasizing the unique love of a mother
When your mother's dead
Reiterating the impact of a deceased mother
When your mother's dead
Reiteration of challenges after the mother's death
When your mother's dead
-Nobody loves you like a mother can
Emphasizing the unique love of a mother
When your mother's dead
Reiterating the impact of a deceased mother
When you mother's dead
Reiteration of challenges after the mother's death
When your mother's dead
-Nobody wants you
Expressing feelings of rejection and abandonment
Nobody needs you
Highlighting a sense of being unwanted and unneeded
Nobody loves you like a mother can
Emphasizing the unique love of a mother
When your mother's dead
Reiterating the impact of a deceased mother
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