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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDktBZzQIiU


[Intro]


[Verse 1]
  
I hear the tra

in a comin', i

t's rollin' ro

und the bend
              
and I ain't se

              
en the sunshin

              
e since I don'

       
t know when
             
I'm stuck in F

              
olsom Prison a

              
nd time keeps 

         
draggin' on
            
But that train

              
 keeps a rolli

              
n' on down to 

      
San Antone

[Verse 2]
     
When I was jus

t a baby my Ma

ma told me "So

n
              
always be a go

              
od boy; don't 

              
ever play with

 
 guns".
             
But I shot a m

              
an in Reno, ju

              
st to watch hi

  
m die
            
When I hear th

              
at whistle blo

              
win' I hang my

          
 head and cry

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[Verse 3]
  
I bet there's 

rich folks eat

ing from a fan

cy dining car
              
They're probab

              
ly drinking co

              
ffee and smoki

         
n' 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 

              
what tortures 


me

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[Verse 4]
              
Well, if they 


freed me from 

this prison, i

f that railroa

d train was mi

ne
              
I bet I'd move

              
 it on a littl

              
e farther down

     
 the line
             
Far from Folso

              
m Prison, that

              
's where I wan

     
t to stay
            
And I'd let th

              
at lonesome wh

              
istle blow my 

       
blues away