Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash


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I hear the tra

in a-comin';

It's rollin' 'round the bend,

And I ain't seen the sunshine since

I don't know when.
      
I'm stuck at F

olsom Prison
              
And time keeps

                              
 draggin' on,
             
But that train


 keeps rollin'
              
On down to San

                   
 An-tone.

           
When I was jus

t a baby,

My momma told me, "Son,

always be a good;

Don't ever play with guns."
         
But I shot a m

an in Reno
              
Just to watch 

                
him die.
             
When I hear th


at whistle blo

win'
              
I hang my head

                   
 and cry.

  
I bet there's 

rich folks eat

in'

From a fancy dining car.

They're prob'ly drinkin' coffee

and smokin' big cigars.
            
Well, I know I

 had it comin'

,
              
I know I can't

              
 be free.
              
But those peop

  
le keep a-movi

n'
              
And that's wha

                         
t 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 Folso

m Prison,
              
That's where I

                       
 want to stay.
             
And I'd let th


at lonesome wh

istle
              
Blow my blues 

              
a-way.



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