In the Redwing Valley, on the Injun side Upon my daddy's pony I would ride Now I work in the city on the factory line And I sing "The Rock of Ages" in a midnight choir sometimes (Chorus) In praise or lamentation, Peace, or desperation; Any way I do, I come into The presence of the Lord In the twilight hour, when the whistles blow Out upon that shotgun street I'll go Johnny Walker on the sidewalk, asking for my change Prophesying thunder; man, he's sleeping in the rain Chorus Hey, can you hear the trumpet blowing? Hey, won't you come up where I am? Sister, will you walk beside me where I'm going Up the shadow canyon In the pure blood of the Lamb? When the midnight special come to take me home And the toothless buzzard, Time, gnaws down my bones I will sail on a river in a boat of reeds Crying, "Come, O come Emmanuel; in this, my hour of need" Chorus