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Valley Road

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Valley Road

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Valley Road

Sometimes I lead sometimes I follow

This time I'll go where she wants me to go

She said maybe today maybe tomorrow

Go deep in the woods down the low valley road

While no one was looking on the old plantation

He took her all the way down the long valley road

They sent her away not too much later

And left him walking down the old valley road

Walk on, walk on alone

Walk on, walk on, walk on alone

Out in the hall they were talking in a whisper

Everybody noticed she was gone a while

Somebody said she's gone to her sister's

But everybody knew what they were talking about

Standing like a stone on the old plantation

The rich old man would have never let him in

Good enough to hire not good enough to marry

When all happens nobody wins

Walk on, walk on alone

Walk on, walk on, walk on alone

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