I WEAR MY SUNGLASSES AT NIGHT
YouTube - The Kingston Trio - The Reverend Mr. Black
He rode easy in the saddle. He was tall and lean,
And at first you'd a-thought nothing but a streak of mean
Could make a man look so down right strong,
But one look in his eyes and you knowed you was wrong.
He was a mountain of a man, and I want you to know.
He could preach hot hell or freezin' snow.
He carried a Bible in a canvas sack
And the folks just called him The Reverend Mr. Black.
He was poor as a beggar, but he rode like a king.
Sometimes in the evening, I could hear him sing:
Chorus:
I got to walk that lonesome valley.
I got to walk it by myself.
Oh nobody else can walk it for me.
I got to walk it by myself.
(Spoken)
If ever I could have thought this man in black
Was soft and had any yellow up his back,
I gave that notion up the day
A lumberjack came in and it wasn't to pray.
Yeah, he kicked open the meetin' house door
And he cussed everybody up and down the floor!
And then, when things got quiet in the place,
He walked up and cussed in the preacher's face!
He hit that Reverend like the kick of a mule
And to my way of thinkin' it took a pure fool
To turn the other cheek to that lumber jack,
But that's what he did, The Reverend Mr. Black.
He stood like a rock, a man among men
Then he let that lumberjack hit him again,
And then with a voice as kind as could be,
He cut him down like a big oak tree, when he said:
Chorus:
You got to walk that lonesome valley
You got to walk it by yourself
Oh nobody else can walk it for you
You got to walk it by yourself.
(Spoken)
It's been many years since we had to part
And I guess I learned his ways by heart.
I can still hear his sermon's ring,
Down in the valley where he used to sing.
I followed him, yes sir, and I don't regret it
And I hope that I will always be a credit
To his memory 'cause I want you to understand.
The Reverend Mr. Black was my old man!
Chorus:
You got to walk that lonesome valley
You got to walk it by yourself
Oh nobody else can walk it for you
Tou got to walk it by yourself.
You got to walk that lonesome valley
You got to walk it by yourself
Oh nobody else can walk it for you
You got to walk it by yourself (more or less ;-)
YouTube - Cyndi Lauper-All through the night
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Soft Watches, 1933
The Triangular Hour, 1933
YouTube - Nights in white satin
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