Folsom Prison Blues

 

Folsom Prison Blues Lyrics

[Johnny Cash cover]

Who you trying to get crazy with Whitey
Don`t you know I`m loco?

I hear that train a-comin`
Comin` around the bend
And I ain`t seen the sunshine
Since I don`t know when

I`m stuck in Folsom Prison
Time keeps draggin` on
Andthat train just 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`
From a fancy dining car
They`re probably drinking whiskey
And smoking big cigars

Well, I know I had it coming
I know I can`t be free
Those people keep a-movin`
And that`s what tortures me

If they freed me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
I`d probably move it just a little
Farther down the line

Far from Folsom Prison
That`s where I long to stay
And I`d let that lonesome whistle
Blow out my blues away

 

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