[Verse]
  
I hear the tra

in a comin
      
It's rollin' '

round the bend
         
And I ain't se

en the sunshin

e
         
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

When I was jus

t a baby

My Mama told m

e, "Son

Always be a go

od 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

I bet there's 

rich folks eat

in'

In a fancy din

ing car

They're probab

ly drinkin' co

ffee

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

Well, if they 

freed me from 

this prison

If that railro

ad train was m

ine

I bet I'd move

 it on a littl

e

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