Vagabonds

COME ALL YOU VAGABONDS,
Come all you ‘don’t belongs’
Winners and losers,
Come, people like me.
Come all you travellers
Tired from the journey,
Come wait a while, stay a while,
Welcomed you’ll be.

Come all you questioners,
Looking for answers
And searching for reasons
And sense in it all;
Come all you fallen,
And come all you broken,
Find strength for your body
And food for your soul.

Come to the feast,
There is room at the table.
Come let us meet in this place
With the King of all kindness
Who welcomes us in
With the wonder of love,
And the power of grace,
The wonder of the love,
And the power of grace.
 
Come those who worry
‘Bout houses and money,
And all those who don’t have
A care in the world;
From every station
And orientation,
The helpless, the hopeless,
The young and the old.
 
Come all believers
And dreamers and schemers,
And come all you restless
Just searching for home;
Movers and shakers
And givers and takers,
The happy, the sad
And the lost and alone.

Come self-sufficient
With wearied ambition,
And come those who feel
At the end of the road.
Fiery debaters
And religion haters,
Accusers, abusers,
The hurt and ignored.

Song Meaning

A welcoming song for wanderers and those who feel they do not belong.

Biblical Message

Read Luke 15:20 alongside the lyric. The welcome to wanderers recalls the father’s embrace.

Reflection

Which word or image in the song speaks to your situation? Read Luke 15:20, then consider one response you can carry into the day.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is “Vagabonds” about?

A welcoming song for wanderers and those who feel they do not belong.

Which Bible passage connects with the song?

Luke 15:20 is a starting point for reading alongside the lyric.