I'm a stranger at this place And I'm lookin' for my mother's grave I'm a stranger at this place And I'm lookin' for my mother's grave Well, it seems like to me Ooh, well some of us goin' to wail I was at mother's grave When they put my mother away I was at mother's grave When they put my mother away And I can't find no one Ooh, well, to take her place After my mother was put away I thought my wife would take her place After my mother was put away I thought my wife would take her place I'll show you difference 'tween a mother and a wife Well, my wife done throw me away I wished I could find someone To take my mother's place I wished I could find someone To take my mother's place And if I can't find no one Ooh, well, you'll find me at her grave I'm standin' on my mother's grave And I wished I could seen her face I'm standin' on my mother's grave And I wished I could seen her face I'll be glad when that day comes Ooh, well when it be to dive me away