Motherless Child
by Eric Clapton
From the album: From the Cradle
Track 11 of 16 on From the Cradle (1994).
Duration: 2:56
Lyrics for Motherless Child
If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm Well, I'm a motherless child, I don't know right from wrong Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night? Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night? Well, you didn't come home 'till the sun was shining bright I had to go so far down, to get my ham bones boiled Had to go so far down, to get my ham bones boiled Well, he's had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones burn Well, I did more for you now, than your daddy ever done Well, I did more for you now, than your daddy ever done Well, I give you my jewelry, he ain't give you none And when you see two women, always running hand in hand When you see two women, always running hand in hand You can bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's man Lord, I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair And if the blues overtake me, gonna rock away from here