[Verse]

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 in F

olsom Prison
              
And time keeps

          
 draggin' on
         
But that train

 keeps a-rolli

n'
             
On down to San

      
 Antone


[Verse]

When I was jus

t a baby 

My mama told me son

Always be a good boy
      
Don't ever pla

y 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


[Verse]

I bet there's 

rich folks eat

in'

In a fancy dining car

They're probably drinkin' coffee
    
and smokin' bi

g cigars

But I know I h

ad it comin'
              
I know I can't

    
 be free
          
But those peop

le keep a-movi

n' 
             
And that's wha

           
t tortures me


[Verse]

Well if they f

reed me from t

his prison

If that railroad train was mine

I bet I'd move it on a little 
        
Farther down t

he 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 


away