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 (by ourselves) Cause nobody else (nobody else) can walk it for us We got to walk it by ourselves. Yeah, we got to walk (we got to walk) That lonesome valley (that lonesome valley) We got to walk (we got to walk) it by ourselves (by ourselves) Lord, nobody else (nobody else) can walk it for us (Can walk it for you) We got to walk (we got to walk) it by ourselves. Yeah, we got to walk (we got to walk) it by ourselves...