Trails of troubles Roads of battle, Paths of victory We shall walk The road 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 battle, Paths of victory We shall walk. I walked down by the river I turned my head up high. And I saw that silver linin' That was hangin' in the sky. Trails of troubles Roads of battle, 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. The evening train was rollin, The hummin' of its wheels, My eyes they saw a better day As I looked across the fields. The trail is dusty The road it might be rough But the good Lord is waitin' And boys He ain't far off. Trails of troubles Roads of battle, Paths of victory We shall walk.