Sometimes I lead sometimes I follow This time I'll go where she wants me to go She said maybe today maybe tomorrow Go deep in the woods down the low valley road While no one was looking on the old plantation He took her all the way down the long valley road They sent her away not too much later And left him walking down the old valley road Walk on, walk on alone Walk on, walk on, walk on alone Out in the hall they were talking in a whisper Everybody noticed she was gone a while Somebody said she's gone to her sister's But everybody knew what they were talking about Standing like a stone on the old plantation The rich old man would have never let him in Good enough to hire not good enough to marry When all happens nobody wins Walk on, walk on alone Walk on, walk on, walk on alone