Folsom Prison Blues

by Johnny Cash

From the album: Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar!

Track 11 of 16 on Johnny Cash With His Hot and Blue Guitar! (1957).

Duration: 2:47

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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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  2. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
  3. Country Boy
  4. If the Good Lord's Willing
  5. Cry! Cry! Cry!
  6. Remember Me (I'm the One Who Loves You)
  7. So Doggone Lonesome
  8. I Was There When It Happened
  9. I Walk the Line
  10. The Wreck of the Old '97
  11. Folsom Prison Blues
  12. Doin' My Time
  13. Country Boy (Demo - First Recording)
  14. Cry! Cry! Cry! (Alternate Version, Extended Take 1)
  15. I Walk the Line (Alternate Version, Take 1)
  16. Folsom Prison Blues (Alternate Version, Take 2)