Well they're buildin' a gallows outside my cell and I've got 25 minutes to go And the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell I got 24 minutes to go Well they gave me some beans for my last meal the 23 minutes to go But nobody ask me how I feel I got 22 minutes to go Well I sent for the Governor and the whole darned bunch with 21 minutes to go And I called up the Mayor but he's out to lunch I got 20 more minutes to go Then the sheriff said boy I'm gonna watch you die with 19 minutes to go Oh I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye with 18 minutes to go Now here comes the preacher for to save my soul with 13 minutes to go And he's talking bout burning but I'm so cold 12 more minutes to go Well they're testin' a trap and it chills my spine 11 more minutes to go And the trap and the rope oh they work just fine got 10 more minutes to go Well I'm waitin' for the pardon that'll set me free with 9 more minutes to go But this ain't the movie so forget about me 8 more minutes to go With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose 5 more minutes to go Won't somebody come and cut me loose 7 more minutes to go I can see the mountains I can see the sky with 3 more minutes to go And it's too darned pretty for a man over die with 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
