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