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