Lyrics 25 Minutes to Go - Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA (2nd Show) - January 1968 - Johnny Cash

Well they're building a gallows outside my cell
And 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
With 22 minutes to go
And nobody asked me how I feel
I've got 22 minutes to go
Well I sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch
I've got 21 minutes to go

And I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch
I've got 20 more minutes to go
Then the sheriff said "Boy I'm gonna watch you die"
With 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
With 11 more minutes to go
And the trap and the rope, aw they work just fine
I've got 10 more minutes to go
Well I'm waitin' on the pardon that'll set me free
I've got nine more minutes to go
But this is for real so forget about me
I've got eight more minutes to go
With my feet on the trap and my head On the noose
Eight more minutes to go

Won't somebody come and cut me loose
I've got four more minutes to go
I can see the mountains, I can see the skies
Three more minutes to go
And it's to dern pretty for a man that don't wanna die
I've got 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!