Bill Anderson《The Reverend Mr. Black》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:05.50]He rode easy in the saddle [00:06.89]He was tall and lean [00:08.64]And at first you'd a-thought nothing [00:10.20]But a streak of mean [00:11.34]Could make a man look so down right strong [00:13.87]But one look in his eyes [00:15.52]And you knowed you was wrong [00:18.17]He was a mountain of a man [00:19.99]And I want you to know [00:21.20]He could preach hot hell or freezin' snow [00:23.65]He carried a Bible in a canvas sack [00:26.16]And folks just called him [00:27.33]The Reverend Mr  Black [00:29.57]He was poor as a beggar  but he rode like a king [00:32.94]Sometimes in the evening [00:34.09]I'd hear him sing: [00:35.99]I gotta walk that lonesome valley [00:41.60]I got to walk it by myself [00:47.01]Oh nobody else can walk it for me [00:52.25]I got to walk it by myself [00:58.98]If ever I could have thought this man in black [01:01.44]Was soft and had any yellow up his back [01:03.73]I gave that notion up the day [01:05.80]A lumberjack came in and it wasn't to pray [01:09.66]Yeah  he kicked open the meeting house door [01:13.17]And he cussed everybody up and down the floor [01:16.14]Then  when things got quiet in the place [01:18.76]He walked up and cussed in the preacher's face [01:23.03]He hit that Reverend like a kick of a mule [01:25.78]And to my way of thinkin' it took a real fool [01:28.53]To turn the other cheek to that lumber jack [01:30.92]But that's what he did  The Reverend Mr  Black [01:35.19]He stood like a rock  a man among men [01:38.25]And he let that lumberjack hit him again [01:40.34]And then with a voice as quiet as could be [01:43.15]He cut him down like a big oak tree [01:45.28]When he said: [01:46.43]You gotta walk that lonesome valley [01:51.85]You gotta walk it by yourself [01:56.46]No  nobody else can walk it for you [02:02.55]You gotta walk it by yourself [02:09.07]It's been many years since we had to part [02:11.80]And I guess I learned his ways by heart [02:14.28]I can still hear his sermon's ring [02:16.58]Down in the valley where he used to sing [02:20.63]I followed him  yes sir  and I don't regret it [02:24.34]And I hope I will always be a credit [02:26.10]To his memory [02:27.43]'Cause I want you to understand [02:29.10]The Reverend Mr  Black was my old man [02:32.10]You gotta walk that lonesome valley [02:37.80]You gotta walk it by yourself [02:42.99]No  nobody else can walk it for you [02:48.75]You gotta walk it by yourself [02:53.93]You gotta walk that lonesome valley [02:59.61]You gotta walk it by yourself [03:04.27]No  nobody else can walk it for you [03:09.53]You gotta walk it