Johnny Cash - 25 Minutes to Go lyrics

Well they're building a gallows
Outside my cell
And I've got 25 minutes to go
And the whole town's waiting just
To hear me yell i got 24 minutes to go
Well they gave 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 dern 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
So 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 about burning
But I'm so cold 12 more minutes to go
Now they're testing the trap and
It chills my spine 11 more minutes to go
And the trap and the rope
Aw they work just fine
With 10 more minutes to go
Well I'm waiting on the pardon
That'll set me free
With 9 more minutes to go
But this ain't the movies so forget about me
With 8 more minutes to go

With my feet on the trap and
My head on 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 skies
With 3 more minutes to go
And it's too dern pretty for a
Man that don't want to 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 swinging and
Here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!