"25 Minutes to Go (Shel Silverstein/Johnny Cash) Cover" Songtext
von Head of the Herd

Well they′re building a gallows outside my cell, got 25 minutes to go
The whole town's waitin′ just to hear me yell, got 24 minutes to go
They gave me some beans for my last meal, with 23 minutes to go
But nobody asked me how I feel, with 22 minutes to go
So i sent for the governor and the whole dern bunch, with 21 minutes to go
I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch, with 20 more minutes to go
The sheriff said boy I'm gon′ watch you die, with 19 minutes to go
So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye, 18 minutes to go
Now hear comes the preacher to save my soul, with 13 minutes to go
And he′s talking bout' burnin′ but I'm so cold, 12 more minutes to go


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, 10 more minutes to go
Well I′m waitin' for the pardon that'll set me free, 9 more minutes to go
But this aint the movie so forget about me got, 8 more minutes to go
With my feet on the trap, my head on the noose, 5 more minutes to go
Won′t somebody come and cut me loose, 4 more minutes to go
I can see the mountains I can see the skies, 3 more minutes to go
And it′s to damm pretty for a man that don't wanna 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 swingin' and here I go, o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!