The Tiger Lillies - Twenty-Five Minutes lyrics

They're building the gallows outside my cell, I got twenty-five minutes to go. The whole town's waiting to hear me yell, I got twenty-four minutes to go. Well, I tried the governor and the whole damn bunch, I got twenty-three minutes to go. And I tried the mayor, but the mayor's out to lunch, I got twenty-two minutes to go. They've given me beans for my last meal, I got twenty-one minutes to go. Nobody's asked me how I feel, I got twenty minutes to go. Well, the sheriff said he's gonna watch me die, I got nineteen minutes to go. Well, I spit in his face, and I spit in his eye, I got eighteen minutes... to go. Well, the preacher's come to save my soul, I got thirteen minutes to go. Well, he's talking about burning but I feel cold, I got twelve minutes to go. Well, they're testing the trap, it chills my spine, I got eleven minutes to go. Well, the trap and the rope are both working fine, I got ten minutes to go. I'm waiting for the pardon that will set me free, I got nine minutes to go. But nobody's remembered me, I got eight more minutes to go. Well, I've seen the mountains and the sky, I got five minutes to go. And they're so pretty, I don't wanna die, I got four more minutes to go. Well, my feet are in the trap, my neck is in the noose, I got three minutes to go. Oh, will somebody please cut me loose, I got two more minutes to go. Well, I heard the buzzards, I've seen the crows, I got one minute to go. And now I'm swinging, and here I go, I go, I go, I gchchchchcaaaaawwwwwwwwwwww...........