[Verse 1] I packed the dawn in a canvas bag With a little bread and a rusted map The wind kept asking where you'd gone I said your name and moved along [Pre-Chorus] If the road goes dry And the sky runs thin I keep your promise Under my skin [Chorus] if I never get to see you again tell our children they're loved until the end I will not stand quite for evil men but I may never leave the desert sand I may never leave the desert sand [Verse 2] The wells are low and the stones are hot Each footstep sounds like a question mark I learned the hard way what fear can send It makes a father count to ten [Pre-Chorus] But my hands stay steady My voice stays clear I carry your name Like a lantern here [Chorus] if I never get to see you again tell our children they're loved until the end I will not stand quite for evil men but I may never leave the desert sand I may never leave the desert sand [Bridge] If I fall where the mesquite bends If the long night wins, and the river ends Let my bones be a line in the dust Still speaking soft of the ones I trust [Final Chorus] if I never get to see you again tell our children they're loved until the end I will not stand quite for evil men but I may never leave the desert sand I may never leave the desert sand tell our children they're loved until the end
