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Orphan Girl Lyrics
I am an orphan
On God's highway
But I'll share my troubles
If you go my way
I have no mother
No father
No sister
No brother
I am an orphan girl
I have friendships
Pure and golden
The ties of kinship
Have not known them
I have no mother
No father
No sister
No brother
I am an orphan girl
Oh when He calls me
I will be able
To meet my family
At God's table
I'll meet my mother
My father
My sister
My brother
No more an orphan girl
Blessed savior
Make me willing
Walk beside me
'Til I'm with them
I need my mother
My father
My sister
My brother
I am an orphan girl
I am an orphan girl
On God's highway
But I'll share my troubles
If you go my way
I have no mother
No father
No sister
No brother
I am an orphan girl
Pure and golden
The ties of kinship
Have not known them
I have no mother
No father
No sister
No brother
I am an orphan girl
I will be able
To meet my family
At God's table
I'll meet my mother
My father
My sister
My brother
No more an orphan girl
Make me willing
Walk beside me
'Til I'm with them
I need my mother
My father
My sister
My brother
I am an orphan girl
Song Info
Submitted by
smallwonderrobot On Jul 22, 2006
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Simple song really.
Verse 1: she's an orphan with no family (or could be that she's letting her worldly family go, for a fully surrendered relationship with God)
Verse 2: She has friendships, but no family
Verse 3: When she died and goes to heaven she'll meet her (presumably dead) family. Or perhaps her spiritual family
Verse 4: She asks God that as long as she walks the earth, could he be her family.
Good song. Totally agree with iyatoni's interpretation. The Divers (an awesome band from Minnesota, who don't have a listing on songmeanings - for shame!) do a nice cover of this song, too.
Good song. Totally agree with iyatoni's interpretation. The Divers (an awesome band from Minnesota, who don't have a listing on songmeanings - for shame!) do a nice cover of this song, too.
Of course one must consider that Gillian Welch is technically an orphan herself -- raised by foster parents after her biological mother gave her up. Welch does not know her blood parents.