Mama, mama, save your drowning child
Oh, won't somebody please save a drowning child?
Won't somebody please save a drowning child?
I've been treated so bad by my lover
Nobody knows my problems and fears
Every night I cry like a drowning child
Sleep in an ocean of tears
Oh, somebody hear my plea
Oh, somebody save poor me
Well I'm thinking about going to the river
But the river won't drown my tears
Every night I cry like a drowning child
Sleep in an ocean of tears
And I say
Oh, I never did you no wrong
Oh, I never did you no wrong
Yeah, I'm a young girl that's got some problems
Nobody knows my troubles and fears
Every night I cry like a drowning child
Sleep in an ocean of tears
Now, now, now
Oh, somebody hear my plea
Oh, somebody save poor me
Save me
Well I'm thinking about going to the river
But the river won't drown my tears
Every night I cry like a drowning child
Sleep in an ocean of tears
And I say
Oh, I never did you no wrong
Oh, I never did you no wrong
Yeah, I'm a young girl that's had some problems
Nobody knows my troubles and fears
Every night I cry like a drowning child
Sleep in an ocean of tears
Now, now, now
Oh, somebody hear my plea
Oh, somebody save poor me
Come on, save poor me
Come on, save poor me
Come on, save poor me
Come on, save poor me
Mama, mama, save your drowning child