If I should fail - The Band

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