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Shel Silverstein - 25 Minutes To Go
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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 give me some beans for my last meal. 
23 minutes to go. 

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

So, I wrote to the Gov`nor... the whole damned bunch. 
Ahhh... 21 minutes to go. 

And I call up the Mayor, and he`s out to lunch. 

I got 20 more minutes to go. 

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

I laugh in his face... and I spit in his eye. 
I got 18 minutes to go. 

Well...I call out to the Warden to hear my plea. 
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 he missed my case. 
Mmmm....15 minutes to go. 

Yeah, well if you`re so sorry, come up and take my place. 
I got 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 damned 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 goddamned thing it works 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. 
I got 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... 
5 more minutes to go. 

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

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

And it`s too damned pretty for a man to die. 
i got 2 more minutes to go 

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

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