Lyrics 25 Minutes To Go (Live: January, 14, 1968) - Live - Johnny Cash

Well they're building a gallows
Outside my cell I've got 25 minutes to go

And the whole town's waitin' just to
Hear me yell I've got 23 minutes to go
Well they gave me some beans for my
Last meal I've got 22 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 call 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' 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 go
And the trap and the rope aw they
Work just fine got 10 more minutes to go

Well I'm waitin' on the pardon
That'll set me free with nine more minutes to go
But this is for real so forget about me got eight more minutes to go
With my feet on the trap and my head
On the noose got five more minutes to go
Won't somebody come and cut me loose with four more minutes to go
I can see the mountains I can see the skies with three more minutes to go
And it's to dern pretty for a man
That don't wanna die two more minutes to go
I can see the buzzards I can hear the crows one more minute to go
And now I'm swingin' and here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!