There's only four hours left to death No time to feel that I regret I hate the man outside this door Brings me my last meal and he says, "Enjoy your dinner son before they come and get you, then you'll hang" I guess the hangman's still asleep The gallows wait, the cord is cheap A preacher says "Before it's too late, I'll save your soul, don't let me wait You know it's really time to go but it's so terrible to know" Now it's just four minutes left to death My whole life passes, I can't forget The hangman, oh how can he smile and kill me in a little while? He ties my hands down on my back and hangs the cord around my neck