25 Minutes to Go
| "25 Minutes to Go" | ||||
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| Song by Shel Silverstein from the album Inside Folk Songs | ||||
| Released | 1962 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Writer(s) | Shel Silverstein | |||
| Inside Folk Songs track listing | ||||
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"25 Minutes to Go" is a song by Shel Silverstein, from his 1962 album Inside Folk Songs.
The song is literally "gallows humor", as it is sung by a man awaiting his own execution by hanging. Each verse consists of two lines, of which the first line is anything from humorous to poignant, and the second line is a minute-by-minute countdown.
The song is similar in concept to Silverstein's children's song "Boa Constrictor": It presents the point of view of someone who is experiencing a calamity in "real time," composing and singing as the events unfold, with a fatal conclusion. "Boa Constrictor", like "25 Minutes to Go", appeared on Silverstein's 1962 album Inside Folk Songs.
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