Should you go first and I remain to walk the road alone   I'll live in memory's garden dear with happy days we've known   In spring I'll wait for roses red, when fades the lilacs bloom   And in early fall when brown leaves fall, I'll catch a glimpse of you      Should you go first and I remain, for battles to be fought   Each thing you've touched along the way, will be a hallowed spot   I'll hear your voice I'll see your smile though blindly I may grope   The memory of your helping hand will buoy me on with hope      Beyond the sunset, oh blissful morning   When with our savior, heaven is begun   Earth's toiling ended, oh glory dawning   Beyond the sunset when day is done      Should you go first and I remain, to finish with the scroll   No lessening shadows shall ever creep in to make this life seem droll   We've known so much of happiness, we've had our cup of joy   And memory is one gift of God that death cannot destroy      I want to know each step you take that I may walk the same   For someday down that lonely road, you'll hear me call your name   Should you go first and I remain, one thing I'll have you do   Walk slowly down that long long path, for soon I'll follow you      In that fair homeland, we'll know no parting   Beyond the sunset for ever more