if i should fail

i'm trapped on this mountain

two more hours 'til dawn

if they'd come in the morning

i'll have both guns drawn

i looked down the canyon

i can see their fires

all of my companions captured or expired. and if i should fail on this fearful trail

surrounded and alone and still pursued

if i don't prevail

if you get this mail

know the last thing that i think of will be you. i've seen storms erasing every dream i knew

but this danger i'm facing is the worst i've gone through

your picture before me laying on a stone

the one where you're smiling

holding one red rose. and if i should fail on this fearful trail

surrounded and alone and still pursued

if i don't prevail

if you get this mail

know the last thing that i think of will be you. if they come with the rising sun

i will know by the hush of the birds

and the snapping of the twigs as they move in

i got a canteen full of rum if the worst occurs

i will drink it dry before the end begins. and if i should fail on this fearful trail

surrounded and alone and still pursued

if i don't prevail

if you get this mail

know the last thing that i think of will be you. and if i should fail on this fearful trail

surrounded and alone and still pursued

if i don't prevail

if you get this mail

know the last thing that i think of will be you.