Lyrics
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

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

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

Copyright: Peermusic Publishing
Writer(s): Johnny R. Cash




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Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Official Audio)
Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues - Live at San Quentin (Good sound quality)
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Lyrics)
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues (Live)
Folsom Prison Blues (Live at Folsom State Prison, Folsom, CA - January 1968)
Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues Lyrics
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