A POOR AND LONELY MAN,
DWELLING IN THE DISTANT LAND OF LODEBAR
CRIPPLED ALL MY DAYS, MISTREATED AND
BETRAYED MY LIFE'S BEEN HARD
SEEMED I WAS BORN TO LOSE, TILL A SERVANT
WITH GOOD NEWS CAME BY MY WAY
HE SAID THE KING REQUESTS YOUR PRESENCE IF
YOU'RE WILLING YOU CAN PACK AND LEAVE TODAY
(CHORUS)
NOW I'M SITTING AT THE TABLE, FOR THE KING'S
PREPARED A PLACE HERE JUST FOR ME
THOUGH UNWORTHY OF THIS KINDNESS
I'M ADOPTED BY THIS ROYAL FAMILY
I DON'T HAVE MUCH TO OFFER HIM,
NOTHING IN MY HANDS I HAVE TO BRING
BUT I'M GLAD I TOOK MY PLACE NOW
I'M FEASTING AT THE TABLE OF THE KING
A POOR AND LONELY BEGGAR
A LOST AND DYING SINNER WITH NO FRIENDS
THEN JESUS MADE ME WHOLE,
SAVED MY WRETCHED SOUL, HE TOOK ME
NOW I'M ON MY WAY TO GLORY,
SHARING THAT SWEET STORY JESUS SAVES
FOR THIS KING HAS SHOWN HIS MERCY THAT'S
THE REASON I AM HERE TODAY