[ti:Mother's Children Have a Hard Time] [ar:Blind Willie Johnson] [al:The Essential Blind Willie Johnson] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Mother's Children Have a Hard Time - Blind Willie Johnson [00:10.13]Well well well ah [00:22.87]A motherless children have a hard time [00:29.29]Motherless children have a hard time mother's dead [00:34.54]They'll not have anywhere to go [00:37.34]Wanderin' around from door to door [00:40.96]Have a hard time [00:44.88]Nobody on earth can take a mother's place when [00:49.23]When mother is dead Lord [00:51.76]Nobody on earth takes mother's place when mother's dead [00:56.73]Nobody on earth takes mother's place [00:59.62]When you were startin' paved the way [01:02.24]Nobody treats you like mother will when [01:07.47]Your wife or husband may be good to you [01:11.62]When mother is dead Lord [01:14.35]They'll be good to you mother's dead [01:18.47]Wife or husband may be good to you [01:20.83]But better than nothing has proved untrue [01:23.78]Nobody treats you like mother will when [01:27.44]When mother is dead Lord [01:33.66]Lord Lord Lord [01:39.34]Yeah well ah [01:52.05]Well some people say that sister will do [01:56.19]When mother is dead [01:58.68]That sister will do when mother's dead [02:03.01]Some people say that sister will do [02:05.17]But as soon as she's married [02:06.59]She turn her back on you [02:08.31]Nobody treats you like mother will [02:13.29]And father will do the best he can [02:17.87]When mother is dead Lord [02:20.28]Well the best he can when mother is dead [02:24.58]Father will do the best he can [02:27.26]So many things a father can't understand [02:29.97]Nobody treats you like mother will [02:35.19]A motherless children have a hard time [02:39.59]When mother is dead Lord [02:41.93]Motherless children have a hard time mother's dead [02:47.29]They'll not have anywhere to go [02:50.21]Wanderin' around from door to door [02:53.53]Have a hard time