They're building the gallows outside my cell I got twenty-five minutes to go The whole town's waiting to hear me yell I got twenty-four minutes to go Well, I tried the governor and the whole damn bunch I got twenty-three minutes to go And I tried the mayor, but the mayor's out to lunch I got twenty-two minutes to go They've given me beans for my last meal I got twenty-one minutes to go Nobody's asked me how I feel I got twenty minutes to go Well, the sheriff said he's gonna watch me die I got nineteen minutes to go Well, I spit in his face, and I spit in his eye I got eighteen minutes... to go Well, the preacher's come to save my soul I got thirteen minutes to go Well, he's talking about burning but I feel cold I got twelve minutes to go Well, they're testing the trap, it chills my spine I got eleven minutes to go Well, the trap and the rope are both working fine I got ten minutes to go I'm waiting for the pardon that will set me free I got nine minutes to go But nobody's remembered me I got eight more minutes to go Well, I've seen the mountains and the sky I got five minutes to go And they're so pretty, I don't wanna die I got four more minutes to go Well, my feet are in the trap, my neck is in the noose I got three minutes to go Oh, will somebody please cut me loose I got two more minutes to go Well, I heard the buzzards, I've seen the crows I got one minute to go And now I'm swinging, and here I go I go, I go, I gchchchchcaw