| 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. | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | |
| 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 |