Valley Far Below - Calvin Russell

It wasn’t long before I knew

There must be something more

Than livin' life under the sun

And always keeping score

So I looked outs on that mountain

Of things I didn’t know

But I knew I would have to cross

That valley far below

If I knew then what I know now

I would have stayed behind

More questions than are numbered

Numbed my soul and mind

But still my heart keeps yearnin'

To guide the way to go and

It’s always leading downward thru

The valley far below

I didn’t know enough to hear

The warnin' on the way

Lost followers returnin'

And the little things they’d say

But now their words return to me

When nights are passing slow

And all too clear they say beware

That valley so far below

But by then it was too late

And I couldn’t find an out

And I could tell I knew

Too well what this was all about

And the walkin' dead and dyin' know

More than I can know

But no one knows the way out

Of this valley far below

Now I ride a timeless sunset

Waiting for the end

A way back home

Some things I’ve known

A familiar face or friend

Experience and companions

Warn me not to go

Though I’m lost I still must cross

That valley so far below

So far below