Gallows Humor-25 Minutes To Go

Shel Silverstein actually wrote these lyrics in 1962:


Well they're building a gallows outside my cell I've got 25 minutes to goAnd the whole town's waitin' just to hear me yell I've got 24 minutes to goWell they gave me some beans for my last meal I've got 23 minutes to goBut nobody asked me how I feel I've got 22 minutes to goWell I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch with 21 minutes to goAnd I sent for the mayor but he's out to lunch I've got 20 more minutes to goThen the sheriff said boy I gonna watch you die got 19 minutes to goSo I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye got 18 minutes to goNow hear comes the preacher for to save my soul with 13 minutes to goAnd he's talking bout' burnin' but I'm so cold I've 12 more minutes to go
Now they're testin' the trap and it chills my spine 11 more minutes to goAnd the trap and the rope aw they work just fine got 10 more minutes to goWell I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free with 9 more minutes to goBut this is for real so forget about me got 8 more minutes to goWith my feet on the trap and my head on the noose got 5 more minutes to goWon't somebody come and cut me loose with 4 more minutes to goI can see the mountains I can see the skies with 3 more minutes to goAnd it's to dern pretty for a man that don't wanna die 2 more minutes to goI can see the buzzards I can hear the crows 1 more minute to goAnd now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!

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