The Band — 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