Tim Grimm - Reverend Mr. Black Lyrics
And at first you thought nothing but a streak of meanCould make any man look so down right strongBut one look in his eyes and you knowed you was wrongHe was a mountain of a man, and I want you to knowHe could preach hot hell or freezin' snowHe carried a Bible in a canvas sackAnd folks just called him the Reverend Mr. BlackHe was poor as a beggarBut he rode like a kingSometimes in the evenin'I could hear him singI gotta walk that lonesome valleyI got to walk it by myselfAin't, nobody else can walk it for meI got to walk it by myselfYou got to walk that lonesome valleyYou got to walk it by yourselfOh, nobody else can walk it for youYou got to walk it by yourselfIf ever I could have thought this man in blackWas soft and had any yellow up his backI gave that notion up one dayA lumberjack came in and it wasn't to prayYeah, he kicked open the meeting house doorAnd he cussed everybody up and down the floorThen, when things got quiet in the placeHe walked up and cussed in the preacher's faceHe hit that reverend like the kick of a muleAnd to my way of thinkin' it took one pure foolTo turn the other cheek to that lumberjackBut that's what he did, The Reverend Mr. BlackHe stood like a rock, a man among menThen he let that lumberjack hit him againAnd then with a voice as kind as could beHe cut him down like a big oak tree when he saidI gotta walk that lonesome valleyI got to walk it by myselfAin't, nobody else can walk it for meI got to walk it by myselfYou got to walk that lonesome valleyYou got to walk it by yourselfOh, nobody else can walk it for youYou got to walk it by yourselfIt's been many years since we had to partAnd I guess I learned his ways by heartCause I can still hear his sermon's ringDown in the valley where he used to singI followed him, yes siree, and I don't regret itI hope I will always be a creditTo his memory 'cause I want you to understandThe Reverend Mr. Black was my old manI gotta walk that lonesome valleyI got to walk it by myselfAin't, nobody else can walk it for meI got to walk it by myselfYou got to walk that lonesome valleyYou got to walk it by yourselfOh, nobody else can walk it for youYou got to walk it by yourself
