Folsom Prison

I hear the train 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 folsom prison

And time keeps draggin' on

But that train keeps a movin' on

Down to San AntoneWhen I was just a baby

My mama said "hey 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 cryWell, if they freed me fom this prison

If that railroad train was mine

I bet I'd move it all

A little farther down the line

Far from folsom prison

That's where I want to stay

And I'd let that lonesome whistle

Blow my blues away

Songwriters

CASH, JOHNNY R.Published by

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