People get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord So people get ready for the train to charlop Picking up passengers coast to coast Faith is the key, open the doors and board up There's hope for us all among those blind and lost There ain't no room for the hopeless sinner Who'd hurt all mankind just to save his own Have pity on those whose chances go thinner Cause there's no hiding place against the kingdom's throne People get ready, there's a train a-comin' You don't need no baggage, you just get on board All you need is faith to hear the diesels hummin' You don't need no ticket, you just thank the Lord People get ready