Folsom Prison Blues Lyrics - Waylon Jennings

(Johnny Cash) 

I hear the train a comin' 

It's rollin' round the bend 

I ain't seen the sunshine 

Since I don't know when. 

Well, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison 

And time keeps draggin' on 

But I see a train a movin' 

On down to San Antone 

Bet there's rich folks eatin' 

In some fancy dining car 

Probably drinkin' coffee 

And smokin' big cigars. 

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Well, I know I had it comin' 

I know I can't be free 

But them people keep on movin' 

And that's what tortures me. 

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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 

Every time I hear that whistle 

I hang my head and I cry. 

If they freed me from this prison 

If that railroad train was mine 

Bet I'd move it on a 

Little bit farther down the line. 

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Far from Folsom Prison 

That's where I long to stay 

And I'd let that lonesome whistle 

Blow my blues away...