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 it’s 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