The Hangman's Knee
Lyrics and Music: Nicky Hopkins, Jeff Beck, Tony Newman, Rod Stewart, Ron Wood

  

Hangman, hangman, slack your noose!

Slack it, slack it!

Slack it for a while…

There ain’t no use in your hurrying me.

Ain’t nothing gonna change things now.

 

Now I ain’t trying to prove your judge is wrong.

And your jury, oh, your jury…

I guess I’ll know the way out!

And if you kill me with my canvas shirt…

Good God, you could put my mawyer in jail!

 

Listen…

It’s just this twenty-two minutes to prepare yourself.

I haven’t been in this position before.

Wash your hands, get your maverick’s way.

Find the waistcoat, lock the door.

And, oh…

 

Get your robot way.

Oh, yeah!

Get your opinion, lock the door.

Come on…

 

Listen to this one…

Oh, hangman, hangman, slack your noose!

Oh, slack ist, please, slack it!

Oh, just slack it a while…

Give me one more chance.

There ain’t no use in your hurrying me.

Good God, nothing’s gonna stop me now.

 

Oh!

Don’t you worry!

Cause you never get your maverick’s way.

Well, might get your waistcoat on.

Ha, ha!

Hey, hey!