Well they're building a
gallows outside my cell
And I've got twenty-five
minutes to go
And the whole town's
waiting just to
hear me yell
I've got twenty-four
minutes to go
Well they gave me
some beans for
my last meal
With twenty-three
minutes to go
But nobody asked
me how I feel
I've got twenty-two
minutes to go
Well I sit for the
governor and the whole
darned bunch
With twenty-one
minutes to go
And I called up
the mayor but he's
out to lunch
I've got twenty
more minutes to go
Then the sherriff said
Boy, I'm gonna
watch you die
With nineteen
minutes to go
So I laughed in his face
and I spit in his eye
With eighteen
minutes to go
Now here comes
the preacher
for to save my soul
With thirteen
minutes to go
And he's talkin 'bout
burnin' but I'm so cold
Twelve more
minutes to go
Well they're testing
the trap and it
chills my spine
Eleven more minutes
to go
And the trap
and the rope
oh they work just fine
Ten more minutes to go
Well I'm waiting
for the pardon that
will set me free
With nine more
minutes to go
But this ain't the movies
so forget about me
Eight more minutes
to go
With my feet on the trap
and my head
in the noose
Five more minutes to go
Won't somebody come
and cut me loose
Four more minutes to go
I can see the mountains
I can see the sky
With three more
minutes to go
And it's too darned
pretty for a man
that don't wanna die
Two more minutes to go
I can see the buzzards
I can hear the crows
One more minute to go
And now I'm swinging
and here I go
Oh whoh oh whoh