They're buildin' the gallows
outside my cell
I got 25 minutes to go
And in 25 minutes
I'll be in Hell
I got 24 minutes to go
Well, they give me some
beans for my last meal
23 minutes to go
And you know nobody
asked me how I feel
I got 22 minutes to go
So, I wrote to the Gov'nor
the whole damned bunch
Ahhh 21 minutes to go
And I call up the Mayor
and he's out to lunch
I got 20 more minutes to go
Well, the Sheriff says
Boy, I wanna watch you die
19 minutes to go
So I laugh in his face
and I spit in his eye
I got 18 minutes to go
Well I call out to
the Warden to hear my plea
17 minute to go
He says, Call me back
in a week or three
You've got 16 minutes to go
Well, my lawyer says
he's sorry he missed my case
Mmmm 15 minutes to go
well if you're so sorry
come up and take my place
I got 14 minutes to go
Well, now here comes
the padre to save my soul
With 13 minutes to go
And he's talkin' about burnin'
but I'm so damned cold.
I got 12 more minutes to go
Now they're testin' the trap
It chills my spine
I got 11 minutes to go
'Cuz the goddamned
thing it works just fine
I got 10 more minutes to go
I'm waitin' for the pardon
gonna set me free
With 9 more minutes to go
But this ain't the movies
so to hell with me
I got 8 more minutes to go
And now I'm climbin up
the ladder with a scaffold peg
With 7 more minutes to go
I've betta' watch my step
or else I'll break my leg
I got 6 more minutes to go
Yeah with my feet on the trap
and my head in the noose
I got 5 more minutes to go
Well, c'mon somethin'
and cut me loose
I got 4 more minutes to go
I can see the mountains
I can see the sky
With 3 more minutes to go
And it's too damned pretty
for a man to die
With 2 more minutes to go
I can hear the buzzards
and see the crows
1 more minute to go
And now I'm swingin'
and here I gooooooooo