Ocean of Tears

Mama, mama, save your drowning child

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
An' I sleep in an ocean of tears

Oh, somebody hear my plea
Hmm, somebody help poor me

I'm thinking about going to the river
But the river won't drown my tears
Every night I cry like a drowning child
An' I sleep in an ocean of tears

Oh, I never treated her wrong
Oh, I never treated her wrong

I'm just a young man who's had some troubles
Nobody knows my troubles and fears
Every night I cry like a drowning child
An' I sleep in an ocean of tears

Oh, somebody hear my plea
Hmm, somebody help poor me

Mama, mama, save your drowning child