I feel like an orphan trainnheading down the tracknwith only the discardednlying on my backnmeet me at the stationnI've got a tale to tellnit may not make much differencenbut I sure do tell it wellnI feel like an orphan trainnI feel like an orphan trainnnI feel like an orphan trainnwhere nobody asks whynand the whole town turns outnto watch the kids go bynhear the crying in the nighttimensee their eyes in the daynI'll take you somewhere betternif someone leads the waynI feel like an orphan trainnI feel like an orphan trainnnload me up with childrennload me up with coalnopen up my windowsnand watch me grow oldnnI feel like an orphan trainna witness to the crimenwhere grown-ups do the deednand children do the timenI wish I could blow a whistlenthat everyone could hearnand this track would lead me somewherenwhere God's will is clearnI feel like an orphan trainnI feel like an orphan trainnnload me up with childrennload me up with coalnopen up my windowsnand watch me grow oldnnI feel like an orphan trainnheading down the tracknwith only the discardednlying on my back