The trail is dark and dusty
   The road is kinda rough
   But the clearer road up yonder
   With the cinders on the side.
  
   Trails of troubles
   And your roads of battle,
   They lead paths of victory
   We shall walk
  
   I walked down to the valley
   Turned my head up high.
   Seen that silver linin'
   That was hangin' in the sky
  
   Trails of troubles
   And your roads of battle,
   They lead paths of victory
   We shall walk
  
   The mountain was a movin'
   The hummin' of its wheels,
   Told me of the new day
   it was coming across the fields
  
   Trails of troubles
   And your roads of battle,
   They lead paths of victory
   We shall walk
  
   The gravel road is bumpy,
   It's a hard old road to ride,
   But the good road is a-waitin'
   And the boys it ain't far off.
  
   Trails of troubles
   And your roads of battle,
   They lead paths of victory
   We shall walk