Come, all you broken hearted,
Come and lay your burden down,
Come, kings and queens, come, royalty,
Surrender up your crown.

Come empty-handed, come with nothing of your own to claim,
Come naked, poor,
Come like a child to ride the orphan train.

Come ride, ride on the orphan train,
Put your ear to the track, you can hear your name,
Come ride, ride on the orphan train - it'll take you all the way home.

The way is narrow, it is steep, that brings you to the door,
But love awaits there to embrace your heart forevermore.

Come ride, ride on the orphan train,
Put your ear to the track, you can hear your name,
Come ride, ride on the orphan train - it'll take you all the way home.

Come, you abandoned, you forsaken, friendless and alone,
Come, refugees left homesick for some place you've never known,
Here princes, paupers, criminals and saints are all the same,
No more or less than God's beloved child aboard this train.

Come ride, ride on the orphan train,
Put your ear to the track, you can hear your name,
Come ride, ride on the orphan train - it'll take you all the way home,
Come ride, ride on the orphan train,
Put your ear to the track, you can hear your name,
Come ride, ride on the orphan train - it'll take you all the way home.

It's gonna take you all the way home,
It's gonna take you all the way home.