Johnny Cash Twenty-five minutes to go lyrics

Johnny Cash
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Twenty-five minutes to go
Weel, they're building the gallows
Outside my cell
And I've got twenty-five minutes to go
And the whole town's waiting
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've got 22 minutes to go
Well I bid for the governor
And the whole darn bunch
With 21 minutes to go
And I called up the mayor
But he's out to lunch
I've 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
Twelve more minutes to go
Well they're testing the trap
And it chills my spine
Eleven more minutes to go
And the trap and the rope
They work just fine
With ten 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
And my head in the noose
Five more minutes to go
Oh! Somebody come
And cut me loose
Four more minutes to go
I can see the mountain
I can see the sky
With three more minutes to go
And it's too darn pretty
For a man to wanna die
Two more minutes to go
I can see the buzzards
I an hear the crows
One more minute to go
And now I'm swinging
And here I go-o-o-o-o-o.....