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.