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 boy 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 is for real 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 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 that don´t wanna 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-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!