Folsom Prison Blues

by Johnny Cash

From the album: I Walk the Line

Track 3 of 12 on I Walk the Line (1964).

Duration: 2:35

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Lyrics for Folsom Prison Blues

I hear the train a-coming' It's rolling around the bend And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when I'm stuck in Folsom prison And time keeps dragging on But that train keeps a-rollin' On down to San Antone When I was just a baby My mama told me, "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 cry I bet there's rich folks eatin' In a fancy dinin' car They're probably drinkin' coffee And smokin' big cigars Well, I know I had it comin' I know I can't be free But those people keep a-movin' And that's what tortures me Well, if they freed me from this prison If that railroad train was mine Bet I'd move it on 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

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More from I Walk the Line

  1. I Walk the Line
  2. Bad News
  3. Folsom Prison Blues
  4. Give My Love to Rose
  5. Hey Porter
  6. I Still Miss Someone
  7. Understand Your Man
  8. Wreck of the Old 97
  9. Still in Town
  10. Big River
  11. Goodbye, Little Darlin', Goodbye
  12. Troublesome Waters