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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 give me some beans for my last meal
With 23 minutes to go
But nobody asked me how I feel
I got 22 minutes to go

Well, I sent for the governor and the whole durned bunch
With 21 minutes to go
An' I called up the Mayor
But he's out to lunch
I got twenty more minutes to go

Then the Sheriff 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
An' he's talkin' 'bout burnin' but I'm so cold
Twelve more minutes to go

Well, they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine
Eleven more minutes to go
An' the trap an' the rope
Ah, they work just fine
With ten more minutes to go

Well, I'm waitin' for the pardon that'll 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 an' my head in the noose
Five more minutes to go
Won't somebody come an' 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 durned pretty for a man to 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 swingin' and here I go
Oh oh oh oh oh.

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