25 Minutes To Go

Pearl Jam

Tom: D

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Theyre building the gallows outside of my own cell.  Ive got 25 minutes to
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go.  In 25 minutes Ill be in hell, Ive got 24 minutes to go.  Well they gave
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me some peas for my last meal with 23 minutes to go.  And you know nobodys
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asking me oh how I feel Ive got 22 minutes to go.  So I wrote the Govnor and
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the whole damn ???? with 21 minutes to go.  And I called up the Mayor and you
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know hes out to lunch with 20 more minutes to go.  And the Sheriff said Boy,
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I wanna watch you die with 19 minutes to go.  So I spit in his face and then I
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kicked him in the eye with 18 minutes to go.

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Well I called to the warden to take my plea with 17 minutes to go.  He says
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Call me back in a week or three with 16 minutes to go.  Well my lawyer says
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hes sorry and hell miss my case with 15 minutes to go.  Well if youre so
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sorry then come and take my place with 14 minutes to go.  Well he comes Padre
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gonna set me free with 13 minutes to go.  And Im stuck in my bed and you know
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I feel so fuckin cold with 12 more minutes to go.  Now theyre testing the
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trap, Ive got chills down my spine with 11 more minutes to go.  Cuz the god-
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damn thing seems to work just fine with 10 more minutes to go.  Im waiting for
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the pardon gonna set me free with 9 more minutes to go.  But this aint the
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movies so the hell with me with 8 more minutes to go.

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Now Im climbing up the ladder that the scaffolder built with 7 more minutes to
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go. I better watch my step before I break my leg with 6 more minutes to go.

With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose Ive got 5 more minutes to
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go.  Well come on someone and cut me loose Ive got 4 more minutes to go.  I
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can see the mountains I can see the sky with 3 more minutes to go.  And its
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too damn pretty for a man to want to die with 2 more minutes to go.  I can hear
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the bush and I see the crows with 1 more minute to go.  And now Im swinging
here I go.