Orphan Girl Lyrics

Lyric discussion by iyatoni 

Cover art for Orphan Girl lyrics by Gillian Welch

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.