Well they’re building a gallows
outside my cell
And I got 25 minutes to go
The whole town is waitin’ just to hear me yell
24 minutes to go
Well they fed me beans for my last meal
23 minutes to go
Nobody‘s askin’ me how I feel
22 minutes to go
I sent for the governor and the whole darn bunch
21 minutes to go
I called up the mayor but he’s out to lunch
20 minutes to go
The sheriff said, "Boy, I’m gonna watch you die”
19 minutes to go
I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye
18 minutes to go
Now here comes the preacher to save my soul
13 minutes to go
He’s talkin’ ‘bout burnin' but I’m so cold
12 minutes to go
They’re testing the trap and it chills my spine
11 minutes to go
And the trap and the rope well now they work just fine
10 minutes to go
I’m waitin’ for the pardon that will set me free
9 minutes to go
This ain’t the movies so forget about me
8 minutes to go
With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose
5 minutes to go
Somebody come and cut me lose
4 minutes to go
I can see the mountains I can see the sky
3 minutes to go
It’s too darn pretty for a man to want to die
2 minutes to go
I can see the buzzards, I can hear the crows
1 minute to go
And now I’m swingin', here I go!
-- words by Shel Silverstein
-- music by Ian Colvert
