Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash lyrics

Folsom Prison Blues

I hear the train a comin' - It's rollin' round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine - since, I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom prison - and time keeps draggin' on

But that train keeps a rollin' - on down to San Antone

When I was just a baby - my mama told me. Son
Always be a good boy - don't ever play with guns
But I shot a man in Reno - just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin' - I hang my head and cry

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I bet there's rich folks eatin' - in a fancy dinin’ car
They're probably drinkin' coffee - and smokin’ big cigars
Well I know I had it comin' - I know I can't be free

But those people keep a movin' - And that's what tortures me

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Well if they freed me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom prison - that's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle - blow my blues away

# Johnny Cash #

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