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Well, they're buildin' the gallows outside this jail. |
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I've got 25 minutes to go. |
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And the whole towns waiting just to hear me wail. |
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There's 24 minutes to go. |
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Well, they give me some beans for my last meal. |
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23 minutes to go. |
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And nobody asked me how I feel. |
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22 minutes to go. |
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So, I sent for the Gov'nor and the whole darned bunch. |
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21 minutes to go. |
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And I call up the Mayor, but he's out to lunch. |
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I got 20 more minutes to go. |
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Then, the Sheriff said, "Boy, I wanna watch you die." |
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You've got 19 minutes to go. |
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So I laughed in his face... and I spit in his eye. |
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I got 18 minutes to go. |
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Then I called up the Warden to hear my plea. |
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I've got 17 minute to go. |
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He said, "Call me back in a week or three. |
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You've got 16 minutes to go. |
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Now, my lawyer says he's sorry that he missed my case. |
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I've got 15 minutes to go. |
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Well, if you're so sorry, come and take my place. |
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I got 14 minutes to go. |
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Now, here comes the padre to save my soul. |
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With 13 minutes to go. |
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And he's talkin' about burnin', but I'm so cold. |
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I've got 12 minutes to go. |
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Now they're testin' the trap. And it chills my spine. |
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11 more minutes to go. |
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And the trap and the rope, ah they works just fine. |
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I've got 10 minutes to go. |
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Well, I'm a-waitin' for the pardon, gonna set me free |
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With 9 minutes to go. |
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But this ain't the movies, so forget about me. |
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I got 8 minutes to go. |
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Now I'm climbin' up the ladder to the scaffold there |
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With 7 minutes to go. |
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Now I'd better watch my step or else I'll break my leg. |
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I got 6 minutes to go. |
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With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose |
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5 minutes to go. |
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Won't someone come and cut me loose. |
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I got 4 minutes to go. |
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I can see the mountains, see the sky. |
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3 minutes to go. |
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And it's too darned pretty for a man don't wanna die. |
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I got 2 minutes to go. |
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I can hear the buzzards, hear the crows. |
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1 minute to go. |
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And now I'm swingin' and here I gooooooooo... |
