If I Fall, Bury Me Face to the Sun

If I fall, don’t mourn me slow, Lay me where the wild winds blow. Turn my boots toward what I’ve done, Bury me face to the sun.

Don’t close my eyes, don’t hide my scars, Let me rest beneath the stars.

If I fall, bury me face to the sun, Let me stare at the light I never won. Dust for a pillow, fire for grace — Lay me down in an open place.

I rode the line and I paid the toll, Kept my word and sold my soul. No preacher’s words, no mournin’ gun, Just bury me face to the sun.

Don’t say my name, don’t sing me home, The wind already knows where I’ve gone.

If I fall, bury me face to the sun, Let the light see what I’ve become. No crown, no prayer, no saints to run — Bury me face to the sun.

Don’t build no cross, don’t carve my name, The sky remembers just the same. If the dust should cover me whole — The wind will finish what I stole.

One last ride beneath the flame, Every sin and glory the same.

If I fall, bury me face to the sun, Where the fire and the earth are one. If heaven won’t have what I’ve become — Bury me face to the sun.

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