momma momma 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 know my troubles and fears everybody i cry like a drowning child and sleep in an ocean of tears oh somebody hear my pleas oh somebody save me i ve been thinking about going to the river for the river won t drown my fears everynight i cry like a drowning child and i sleep in a ocean of tears oh oh oh i never treated him wrong oh oh oh i never treated him wrong i m a young girl that s had some trouble nobody knows my troubles and fears everybody i cry like a drowning child and sleep in an ocean of tears oh somebody hear my pleas oh somebody save me momma momma save your drowning child