Trails of troubles
Roads of battles
Paths of victory
I shall walk

The trail is dusty
And my road it might be rough
But the better roads are waiting
And boys it ain’t far off

Trails of troubles
Roads of battles
Paths of victory
We shall walk

I walked down by the river
I turned my head up high
I saw that silver linin’
That was hangin’ in the sky

Trails of troubles
Roads of battles
Paths of victory
We shall walk

The evenin’ dusk was rollin’
I was walking down the track
There was a one-way wind a-blowin’
And it was blowin’ at my back

Trails of troubles
Roads of battles
Paths of victory
We shall walk

The gravel road is bumpy
It’s a hard road to ride
But there’s a clearer road a-waitin’
With the cinders on the side

Trails of troubles
Roads of battles
Paths of victory
We shall walk

That evening train was rollin’
The hummin’ of its wheels
My eyes they saw a better day
As I looked across the fields

Trails of troubles
Roads of battles
Paths of victory
We shall walk

The trail is dusty
The road it might be rough
But the good road is a-waitin’
And boys it ain’t far off

Trails of troubles
Roads of battles
Paths of victory
We shall walk

Copyright © 1964 by Warner Bros. Inc.; renewed 1992 by Special Rider Music