Motherless Children
Coping with Loss: The Orphaned Struggle Explored
Lyrics
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
Motherless children face difficulties when their mother has passed away.
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
-Wanderin' round from door to door
Wandering from door to door, indicating a lack of a stable home or support.
They don't have no place to go
They have no fixed place to go, emphasizing their displacement.
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
-Some people say your sister will do when your mother's dead
Suggesting that some people believe a sister can provide support after the mother's death.
Some people say your sister will do when your mother's dead
-Some people say your sister will do
Indicates that once a sister gets married, she may turn away or become less supportive.
Soon as she marries, turn her back on you
-Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
Suggesting that some people believe a sister can provide support after the mother's death.
Some people say your auntie will do when your mother's dead
-Some people say your auntie will do when your mother's dead
-Some people say your auntie will do
They have no fixed place to go, emphasizing their displacement.
Make a start, then prove untrue
-Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
-Your husband may do the best he can when your mother's dead
Posits that a husband may do his best to provide support in the absence of the mother.
Your husband may do the best he can when your mother's dead
-Your husband may do the best he can
However, the husband might not fully understand the challenges the motherless children face.
but your husband don't understand
-Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
They have no fixed place to go, emphasizing their displacement.
Jesus will be a father to you when your mother's dead
Brings a religious element, suggesting that Jesus can be a paternal figure after the mother's death.
Jesus will be a father to you when your mother's dead
-Jesus will be a father to you
Implies that Jesus will guide and support through pain and sorrow.
Pain and sorrow he'll lead you through
-Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead [Repeat: x3]
Reiterates the hardships faced by motherless children.
Wanderin' round from door to door
They have no fixed place to go, emphasizing their displacement.
They don't have no place to go
-Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
Motherless children face difficulties when their mother has passed away.
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother's dead
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