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They’re building the gallows outside of my own cell. I’ve got 25 minutes to
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go. In 25 minutes I’ll be in hell, I’ve 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 nobody’s
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asking me oh how I feel I’ve got 22 minutes to go. So I wrote the Gov’nor 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 he’s out to lunch with 20 more minutes to go. And the Sheriff said “Boy,
B
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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he’s sorry and he’ll miss my case with 15 minutes to go. Well if you’re 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 I’m stuck in my bed and you know
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I feel so fuckin cold with 12 more minutes to go. Now they’re testing the
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trap, I’ve 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. I’m waiting for
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the pardon gonna set me free with 9 more minutes to go. But this ain’t the
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movies so the hell with me with 8 more minutes to go.
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Now I’m 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 I’ve got 5 more minutes to
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go. Well come on someone and cut me loose I’ve 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 it’s
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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 I’m swinging
here I go.
