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 lookin 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 awhile
   Somebody said she's gone to her sister's
   But everybody knew what they were talking about
  
   While no one was lookin on the old plantation
   He showed her what they do down the long valley road
   She came back around like nothing really happened
   And left him standing on the old valley road
   Walk on, walk on alone
   Walk on, walk on, walk on alone
  
   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 it all happens nobody wins
   Walk on, walk on alone
   Walk on, walk on, walk on alone