Motherless Soul

Sit and listen to my tale of woe.
It follows me wherever I go.
Ma’ left us before I was thirteen.
Morally loose and totally mean.

It's not easy being less than whole.
Walking the Earth as a motherless soul.
It's so hard being less than whole.
Walking the Earth as a motherless soul.

Committing wrongs best kept out of sight.
She slept all day and was out all night.
No end to the pain she supplied.
Would’ve run away but no place to hide.

It's not easy being less than whole.
Walking the Earth as a motherless soul.
It's so hard being less than whole.
Walking the Earth as a motherless soul.

But I ain't gonna be like you, Mother Dear.
I ain't gonna be like you. No. No.
I ain’t gonna be like you.

Left us in debt so we sold our home.
They repo'd our car. Cut off the phone.
Voices scream inside her head.
With a whiskey flask lying under the bed.

It's not easy being less than whole.
Walking the Earth as a motherless soul.
It's so hard being less than whole.
Walking the Earth as a motherless soul.

For many long years I dulled the pain.
But nothing I consumed could ease my brain.
At fifty I still carry it around.
Gonna take it with me straight to the ground.

It's not easy being less than whole.
Walking the Earth as a motherless soul.
It's so hard being less than whole.
Walking the Earth as a motherless soul.

I’m a motherless soul.
I’m a motherless soul.