He walks all alone by the railroad tracks
Carrying what he owns in a couple of sacks
A collective thumb keeps pushing him down
Told him many times he's not welcome in town

He doesn't know he's a favorite son
Love reaches deeper than the tears have run
Before he was born, his unique heart
Was fashioned in the mural of creation art
He's a favorite one, in spite of all we've done
Oh---Oh, favorite one

Workin' two jobs ends never seem to meet
She often goes hungry so her babies can eat
Fatherless son wears torn clothes to school
Where makin' fun of him's the only golden rule

She doesn't know she's a favorite daughter
That someone wants to help her walk on water

We've destroyed her faith, treated her with scorn
And made her long regret the day she was ever born
She's a favorite one, in spite of all we've done
Oh---Oh, favorite one

In this fool's gold rush of greed's deception game
The way we treat each other is a dirty rotten shame

And we have no idea we're a favorite one
Loved before the dawn of a stained creation
What goes around comes back to haunt our children
Generations blinded by generations' sin
We're a favorite one, in spite of all we've done
Oh---Oh, favorite one
Oh---Oh, favorite one
Oh---Oh, favorite one

He walks all alone by the railroad tracks
Carryin' what he owns in a couple of sacks