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Immigrant’s Song

By Keith & Kristyn Getty

2,854 views Jul 3, 2026 updated Verified editorial review

Keith & Kristyn Getty's 'Immigrant's Song' is a Christian song that uses the imagery of an immigrant and a mother to illustrate God's welcoming love. The lyrics speak of being a stranger and finding belonging through God's invitation to come and make a home together. It emphasizes themes of hope, redemption, and rest in God's presence, referencing the idea of being covered by mercy. The song draws on biblical concepts of God as a refuge and redeemer, offering a sense of home even when far from earthly home.

Lyrics Verified by Editorial Team

I was a stranger

On the outside looking in

Beyond all favor

I was wandering

She was a mother

But no one to call her own

This lowly stranger

Could never disown


I said

Let me come with you we don?t have to be alone

I said

Let me come with you I will make your home my home


CHORUS

Home

I am moving on

Hope

When all hope seemed gone

Where you are is where I belong

Our home so far from home


There at the edges

Just a little grace to glean

He turned His head then

I found everything


He said

come with me you don?t have to be alone

He said

come with me I will build for us a home


CHORUS


I will rest in you beloved

Hide beneath the shadow of your wings


He?s our Redeemer

I laid down at His feet

He spread a cover of mercy over me

A moment of changing

I was not what I would be

Bound to Him

Then I am truly free


He said

come with me you don?t have to be alone

He said

come with me I will build for us a home


CHORUS


In our home so far from home

Home


Words and Music by Kristyn Getty, Jordyn Shellhart, and Ben Shive

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