lonesome valley

well

you got to walk that lonesome valley

you got to walk it by yourselves

nobody else can walk it for you

you got to walk it by yourselves

now mother walked that lonesome valley

she had to walk it by herself

cause nobody else could walk it for her

she had to walk it by herself

now father walked that lonesome valley

he had to walk it by himself

nobody else could walk it for him

he had to walk it by himself

now john

they say

he was a baptist

while others say

he was a jew

but the holy bible plainly tells you

oh

that he was a preacher too

yeah

you got to walk that lonesome valley

you got to walk it by yourselves

ain't nobody else gonna go there for you

you got to go there by yourselves

yeah

we got to walk that lonesome valley

we got to walk it by ourselves

cause nobody else can walk it for us

we got to walk it by ourselves

yeah

we got to walk

that lonesome valley

we got to walk it by ourselves

lord

nobody else can walk it for us

we got to walk it by ourselves

yeah

we got to walk it by ourselves