You gotta walk that lonesome valley you gotta go all by yourself
No one else can walk it for you you gotta walk all by yourself

My mama said when she was dying just before she passed away
Said come here son sit down beside me you better listen to your mama's say
That you gotta walk that lonesome valley

Now many men has walked that valley they had to walk all by theirselves
Cause no one else could walk it for them so you gotta walk all by yourself
Yes you gotta walk that lonesome valley

You must go and stand your trials boy and you gotta stand all by yourself
Cause no one else can stand them for you you gotta stand all by yourself
Yes you gotta walk that lonesome valley
Yes you gotta go all by yourself