Set your back to the setting sun
Leave behind you what's left undone
Lay your head down, your rest is won
Set your face to the place
Where you'll see tomorrow come
Set your back to the setting sun.
When your day ends dark and stormy
And a hole's worn through your soul
Turn loose your hold on the burdens that you carry
And fix your sight back on your journey's goal.
Set your back to the setting sun
Leave behind you what's left undone
Lay your head down, your rest is won
Set your face to the place
Where you'll see tomorrow come
Set your back to the setting sun.
Set your back to the setting sun
Leave behind you what's left undone
Lay your head down, your rest is won
Set your face to the place
Where you'll see tomorrow come
Set your back to the setting sun.
When you're weary from pulling in the harness
You're shoulders chafed and sore
Tend to your wounds and soothe your aching muscles
And heed the words of one who's gone before.
Set your back to the setting sun
Leave behind you what's left undone
Lay your head down, your rest is won
Set your face to the place
Where you'll see tomorrow come
Set your back to the setting sun.