Artist: Pearl Jam
Album: Benaroya Hall (2004)
Song: 25 Minutes To Go
05/06/06
They’re building the gallows outside of my own cell. I’ve got 25 minutes to
go. In 25 minutes I’ll be in hell, I’ve got 24 minutes to go. Well they gave
me some peas for my last meal with 23 minutes to go. And you know nobody’s
asking me oh how I feel I’ve got 22 minutes to go. So I wrote the Gov’nor and
the whole damn ???? with 21 minutes to go. And I called up the Mayor and you
know he’s out to lunch with 20 more minutes to go. And the Sheriff said “Boy,
I wanna watch you die” with 19 minutes to go. So I spit in his face and then I
kicked him in the eye with 18 minutes to go.
Well I called to the warden to take my plea with 17 minutes to go. He says
“Call me back in a week or three” with 16 minutes to go. Well my lawyer says
he’s sorry and he’ll miss my case with 15 minutes to go. Well if you’re so
sorry then come and take my place with 14 minutes to go. Well he comes Padre
gonna set me free with 13 minutes to go. And I’m stuck in my bed and you know
I feel so fuckin cold with 12 more minutes to go. Now they’re testing the
trap, I’ve got chills down my spine with 11 more minutes to go. Cuz the god-
damn thing seems to work just fine with 10 more minutes to go. I’m waiting for
the pardon gonna set me free with 9 more minutes to go. But this ain’t the
movies so the hell with me with 8 more minutes to go.
Now I’m climbing up the ladder that the scaffolder built with 7 more minutes to
go. I better watch my step before I break my leg with 6 more minutes to go.
With my feet on the trap and my head in the noose I’ve got 5 more minutes to
go. Well come on someone and cut me loose I’ve got 4 more minutes to go. I
can see the mountains I can see the sky with 3 more minutes to go. And it’s
too damn pretty for a man to want to die with 2 more minutes to go. I can hear
the bush and I see the crows with 1 more minute to go. And now I’m swinging
here I go.
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