The trail is dusty, my road might be rough,
but the better roads are waiting and, it ain't far off.
Trails of trouble, roads of battle,
paths of victory we shall walk.
I walked down by the river, I turned my head up high,
I saw the silver lining hanging in the sky.
Trails of trouble, roads of battle,
paths of victory, we shall walk.
That evening the train was a -rollin',
the hummin' of the wheels
My eyes saw a better day as
we looked across the field
Trails of trouble, roads of battle,
paths of victory, we shall walk
That evening dust was a -rollin',
I was a -walkin' down the track
There was a one -way window blowin'
and it was a -blowin' at my back
Trails of trouble, roads of battle,
paths of victory, we shall walk