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Folsom Prison Blues 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 dining car
They're probably drinkin coffee
And smokin big cigars
But 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 out over 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
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
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
In a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin coffee
And smokin big cigars
But 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
If that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move out over 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
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