Shel Silverstein Cover

They're buildin' the gallows outside my cell.
I got 25 minutes to go.

And in 25 minutes I'll be in Hell.
I got 24 minutes to go.

Well, they gave me some beans for my last meal.
With 23 minutes to go.

And you know... nobody has asked me how I feel.
I got 22 minutes to go.

So, I wrote to the Gov'nor... and the whole d___ed bunch.
With 21 minutes to go.

And I call up the Mayor, and you know... he's out to lunch.
With 20 more minutes to go.

Well, the Sheriff says, "Boy, I wanna watch you die".
With 19 minutes to go.

So I spit in his face... and I kicked him in the eye.
With 18 minutes to go.

Well... I call out to the Warden to take my plea.
With 17 minute to go.

He says, "Call me back in a week or three".
You've got 16 minutes to go.

Well, my lawyer says he's sorry that he missed my case.
Oh... 15 minutes to go.

Well if you're so sorry, then come up and take my place.
With 14 minutes to go.

Well, now here comes the padre to save my soul
With 13 minutes to go.

And he's talkin' about burnin', but I'm so d___ed cold.
I got 12 more minutes to go.

Now they're testin' the trap. It chills my spine.
I got 11 minutes to go.

'Cuz the g______ed thing it seems to work just fine.
I got 10 more minutes to go.

I'm waitin' for the pardon... gonna set me free
With 9 more minutes to go.

But this ain't the movies, so to hell with me.
With 8 more minutes to go.

And now I'm climbin up the ladder with a scaffold peg
With 7 more minutes to go.

I've betta' watch my step or else I'll break my leg.
I got 6 more minutes to go.

Yeah... with my feet on the trap and my head in the noose...
I got 5 more minutes to go.

Well, c'mon someone and cut me loose.
I got 4 more minutes to go.

I can see the mountains. I can see the sky.
3 more minutes to go.

And it's too d___ed pretty for a man to die.
I got 2 more minutes to go

I can hear the buzzards... hear the crows.
With 1 more minute to go.

And now I'm swingin' and here I gooooooooo....

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