I'm a stranger And a pilgrim Traveling through, this world alone Got no place, of my own Living out here on borrowed land On borrowed land Ain't got no place to call my own Don't turn me from your door, me from your door Baby, baby, don't turn me away I'm a pilgrim in a strange land Traveling through this world alone Don't turn me away My mother dead, and my father too No place to lay my head, oh, dear I got a home, home on high In another world In another world I'm a stranger, I'm travelling Through the land, through the land Don't turn me away, don't turn me away I'm traveling, I'm traveling, I'm traveling, baby I'm a stranger, baby, knocking on your door I'm a pilgrim and a stranger I got a home, home on high Don't turn me away Don't turn me away Don't turn me away