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 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