I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow Lyrics - Johnny Cash

I was riding number nine 

Heading South from Caraloine 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

I got in trouble, had to roam 

I left my gal an' left my home 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

Just a kid, actin' smart 

I went and broke my darling's heart 

I guess I was too young to know 

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They took me off the Georgia Main 

Locked me to a ball and chain 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

All alone I bear the shame 

I'm a number, not a name 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

All I do is sit an' cry 

When that evenin' train goes by 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow 

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I'll be locked here in this cell 

Till my body's just a shell 

An' my hair turns whiter than snow 

I'll never see that gal of mine 

I'm in Georgia, doin' time 

I heard that lonesome whistle blow