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25 Minutes To Go Lyrics
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 darn 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 going to 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 darn 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-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!
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 darn 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 going to 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 darn 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-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!
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great song.. pearl jam does a sweet cover on the Benroya Hall album
Quite appropriate for the Folsom Prison crowd, isn't it?
a song about an inmate about to be put to death. gotta love johnny :)
Not just that, but telling it from the inmate's point of view really makes you empathize with him.
"Here I go-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o!"
25 minutes to go and this song playing would be a pretty entertaining comical death
I know it will be someones dimise after that 25 mins, but I can;t help to think that this song is funny.
I know it will be someones dimise after that 25 mins, but I can;t help to think that this song is funny.
Excellent song. As someone already said, Pearl Jam do a great version of it.
The meaning is pretty straightforward, it is worth agreeing that while the song is about someone's hanging, it is done in comedic fashion.
Excellent example of 'gallows humor'.