Well they're building 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've 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 durned 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,
And 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 talkin' bout burnin' but I'm so cold,
12 more minutes to go,
And they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine,
11 more minutes to go,
And the trap and the rope, oh they work just fine,
10 more minutes to go,
Well I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free,
With 9 more minutes to go,
But this ain't the movies, 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,
3 more minutes to go,
And it's too durned purty for a man to want to die,
2 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...........