Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley We've got to walk it by ourselves There's nobody here can walk it for us We've got to walk it by ourselves My father's got to walk this lonesome valley He's got to walk it by hisself There's nobody here can walk it for him He's got to walk it by hisself My mother's got to walk this lonesome valley She's got to walk it by herself There's nobody here can walk it for her She's got to walk it by herself All sinners got to walk this lonesome valley They've got to walk it by theirselves There's nobody here can walk it for them They've got to walk it by theirselves Everybody's got to walk this lonesome valley We've got to walk it by ourselves There's nobody here can walk it for us We've got to walk it by ourselves