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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Gillian Welch
Vocals
T Bone Burnett
Synthesizer
David Rawlings
Background Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Gillian Welch
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
T Bone Burnett
Producer
Rick Will
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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
[Verse 2]
I have had friendships pure and golden
But the ties of kinship, I have not known them
I know no mother, no father
No sister, no brother
I am an orphan girl
[Verse 3]
But 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
[Verse 4]
Blessed Savior, make me willing
And walk beside me until I'm with them
Be my mother, my father
My sister, my brother
I am an orphan girl
[Outro]
I am an orphan girl
Written by: Gillian Howard Welch