25 Minutes To Go

Album: At Folsom Prison (1968)
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  • Well they're building a gallows outside my cell I've got 25 minutes to go
    And the whole town's waiting just to hear me yell I've got 24 minutes to go
    Well they gave me some beans for my last meal I've got 23 minutes to go
    But nobody asked me how I feel I've got 22 minutes to go

    Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch with 21 minutes to go
    And I sent for the mayor but he's out to lunch I've got 20 more minutes to go
    Then the sheriff said boy I gonna watch you die got 19 minutes to go
    So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye got 18 minutes to go
    Now hear comes the preacher for to save my soul with 13 minutes to go
    And he's talking bout' burning but I'm so cold I've 12 more minutes to go
    Now they're testing the trap and it chills my spine 11 more minutes to go
    And the trap and the rope aw they work just fine got 10 more minutes to go
    Well I'm waiting on the pardon that'll set me free with 9 more minutes to go
    But this is for real so forget about me got 8 more minutes to go

    With my feet on the trap and my head on the noose got 5 more minutes to go
    Won't somebody come and cut me loose with 4 more minutes to go
    I can see the mountains I can see the skies with 3 more minutes to go
    And it's to dern pretty for a man that don't want to die 2 more minutes to go
    I can see the buzzards I can hear the crows 1 more minute to go
    And now I'm swinging and here I go! Writer/s: Shel Silverstein
    Publisher: T.R.O. INC.
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 2

  • Seventhmist from 7th HeavenSilverstein's original version was darker, too: Third line says "And in twenty-five minutes, I'll be in Hell."

    Later on, it goes "Well, my lawyer says he's sorry he missed my case...Fifteen minutes to go...Yeah, well if you're so sorry, come up and take my place. I got fourteen minutes to go."
  • Jennifur Sun from RamonaWondered who was the artist for the song.
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