Well they´re building a gallows outside my cell
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
I´ve got 23 minutes to go
But nobody asked me how I feel
I´ve got 22 minutes to go
Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch
With 21 minutes to go
And I sent for the mayor but he´s out to lunch
I´ve got 20 more minutes to go
Then the sheriff said ´Son I gonna watch you die´
Got 19 minutes to go
So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye
Got 18 minutes to go
Now hear comes the preacher for to save my soul
With 13 minutes to go
And he´s talking bout´ burnin´ but I´m so cold
I´ve 12 more minutes to go
Now they´re testin´ the trap and it chills my spine
11 more minutes to go
And the trap and the rope ´Aw, they work just fine!´
Got 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
Got 8 more minutes to go
With my feet on the trap, and my head on the noose
Got 5 more minutes to go
Won´t somebody please come and cut me loose?
With 4 more minutes to go
I can see the mountains, I can see the skies
With 3 more minutes to go
And it´s to dern pretty for a man to want to die!
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...