Folks call him the 'Pavement Parson' ... 'cause he preaches to the sidewalk crowd
Stands on a corner - rain or shine ... reads the good book right out loud
Today I stopped to listen ... he touched my soul with the words he read
I was thinking 'bout my troubles ... when he said, "Son, we're heaven blessed ... Chorus:
There's a Glory Train ... waiting for you and me
Gonna carry us to salvation ... set our burden free
There's a Glory Train ... we all can get on board
And we'll ride to the promise land to be together ... for ever more." Well, I couldn't help but wonder ... 'bout the story of his life
So I bought him a cup of coffee ... to warm his bones and we talked a while
He said he was married to an angel ... but in her last years, she took ill
She kept her smile right to the end ... her words console him still ... Chorus:
"There's a Glory Train ... waiting for you and me
Gonna carry us to salvation ... set our burden free
There's a Glory Train ... we all can get on board
And we'll ride to the promise land to be together ... for ever more." I decided right then and there . . . to be more thankful for what I have
Live each day like there's no tomorrow; cherish what's given and then give back ...
Until my time's at hand to board that ... Chorus:
Glory Train ... waiting for you and me
Gonna carry us to salvation ... set our burden free
There's a Glory Train ... we all can get on board
And we'll ride to the promise land to be together ... for ever more ... ever more