Johnny Cash — 25 Minutes to Go At Folsom Prison

Well, they're building a gallows outside my cell And I've got 25 minutes to go And the whole town's waiting just to hear me yell I got 24 minutes to go Well, they gave me some beans for my last meal With 23 minutes to go But nobody asked me how I feel I got 22 minutes to go Well, I sent for the governor and the whole durn bunch With 21 minutes to go And I called up the mayor but he's out to lunch I got 20 more minutes to go Then the sheriff said boy, I'm gonna watch you die With 19 minutes to go So I laughed in his face and I spit in his eye With 18 minutes to go Now here comes the preacher for to save my soul With 13 minutes to go And he's talking about burning but I'm so cold 12 more minutes to go Well, 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 10 more minutes to go Well, I'm waiting for the pardon that'll set me free With 9 more minutes to go But this ain't the movies, so forget about me! 8 more minutes to go With my feet on a trap and my head in the noose 5 more minutes to go Won't somebody come and cut me loose? 7 more minutes to go I can see the mountains, I can see the sky With 3 more minutes to go And it's too durn pretty for a man to 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 swinging and here I go-whoa-whoa-whoa... [Spoken Word] "Thank you very much. I want to do another song here featuring the harmonic-y. Then I want to get the stool there and sit down and do some, uh, slow ballad type songs that we wanted to do for this album, and especially for you. What did I do with my list over there? My idiot sheet. It hit the floor, didn't it? Excuse me. How you doing, Shirley?"