Well you got to walk that lonesome valley
You got to walk it by yourself
Nobody else can walk it for you
You got to walk it by yourself
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 yourself
Ain't nobody else gonna go there for you
You got to go there by yourself
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
Nobody else can walk it for us
We got to walk it by ourselves
Yeah we got to walk it by ourselves