(There'll be peace in the valley for him how we pray   I was with Red Foley the night he passed away)   We was down in Port Wayne Indiana the night the Lord took Red away   And we had to get there a little early cause we had a matinee   And when Red first went on stage it seemed that he moved and talked a little slow   But of course he went on to do his regular great show   So soon the afternoon show was over with and we all went down the street and ate   Red said he wasn't very hungry but he came along anyway   And we got done eaten and came back to the last show   But the thing just would be Red's very last well who's to know   And when he went on the stage for his own ten thousandth time   We was all back to the curtains there just shootin' the lines   But when he sang Peace In The Valley there was such a quiet still   I know I'll never forget it and anyone that was there never will   Well soon the last show was over with   And I went back to the hotel and Red gave me a call   I told him to come on over I was just starin' at the four walls   So he came over to my room he was just next door there   Lit a cigarette and sat down in the chair   And he started talkin' bout all the worries that a country music singer has   I said old Red I reckon it's not that bad   He said yeah you're workin' a lot now and you'll have 'em some day   Your dad had 'em and I have 'em I guess it's just meant that way   Then he got up and these were the last words he said   I'm awful tired now Hank and I've got to go to bed   And while I layed there with Red just a few steps away   The angels came and took him into the last golden stage   (There'll be peace in the valley for him how we pray   I was with Red Foley the night he passed away)