25 Minutes to Go

Well they're building a gallows outside my cell I've got 25 minutes to go And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell I've got 23 minutes to go Well they gave me some beans for my last meal I've got 22 minutes to go But nobody asked me how I feel I've got 22 minutes to go Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch with 21 minutes to go And I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch I've got 20 more minutes to go Then the sheriff said boy I gonna watch you die, got 19 minutes to go So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye, 18 minutes to go Now hear comes the preacher for to save my soul with 13 minutes to go And he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold I've got 12 more minutes to go Well they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine 11 more minutes to go And the trap and the rope aw they work just fine I've got 10 more minutes to go Well I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free, I've got 9 more minutes to go But this is for real so forget about me I've got 8 more minutes to go With my feet on the trap and my head on the noose got 5 more minutes to go Won't somebody come and cut me loose, I've got 4 more minutes to go I can see the mountains I can see the skies, 3 more minutes to go And it's to dern pretty for a man that don't wanna die, I've got 2 more minutes to go I can see the buzzards I can hear the crows, 1 more minute to go And now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!