Hold Your Smile

Two men waiting in an upper room

One is drawing to pass the time

While the other clenches his watch

He knows his time is short

There's one final thing he must do

The man he's sat across

Must be brought to justice at last

While others have died or run

This rancher would see it done

Is it for money he risks it all

To pay his family's crippling debt?

The criminal stares him down

Perplexed by his stubbornness

His gang scattered all the rest

In their ruthless pursuit to free him

Stubborn defiance, a grim resolve

He'll get it back, everything

Stubborn defiance, a grim resolve

He'll never yield til he's through

Five minutes until the train

Both men stand in unison

The rancher knows death awaits

The gang is waiting with hired guns

The rancher has much endured

Hard times and indignities

It's not for money he risks it all

He wants to make his boy proud again

Stubborn defiance, a grim resolve

He'll get it back, everything

Stubborn defiance, a grim resolve

He'll never yield til he's through

Hold your smile in my heart

He'll push through fire and withering iron

Hold your smile in my heart

His son's respect meant everything

Hold your smile 'til I'm gone

He'll never yield unto his demise

Hold your smile 'til I'm gone

His son's respect meant everything

Hold your smile in my heart

He'll push through fire and withering iron

Hold your smile in my heart

His son's respect meant everything

Hold your smile 'til I'm gone

He'll never yield unto his demise

Hold your smile 'til I'm gone

His son's respect meant everything

Hold my lesson in your heart

It's worth my life, this restoration

Hold my lesson in your heart

No price too high to reclaim father's love