25 Minutes to Go

Well they're building a gallows outside my cell, got 25 minutes to go The whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell, got 24 minutes to go They gave me some beans for my last meal, with 23 minutes to go But nobody asked me how I feel, with 22 minutes to go So i sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch, with 21 minutes to go I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch, with 20 more minutes to go The sheriff said boy I'm gon' watch you die, with 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 to save my soul, with 13 minutes to go And he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold, 12 more minutes to go 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, 10 more minutes to go Well I'm waitin' for the pardon that'll set me free, 9 more minutes to go But this aint the movie so forget about me got, 8 more minutes to go With my feet on the trap, my head on the noose, 5 more minutes to go Won't somebody come and cut me loose, 4 more minutes to go I can see the mountains I can see the skies, 3 more minutes to go And it's to damm pretty for a man that don't wanna die, 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!