Folsom Prison Blues

I hear the train a comin'

It's rolling 'round the bend

I ain't seen the sunshine

Since I don't know when

I'm stuck here in Folsom Prison

And time keeps draggin' 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"

I shot a man in Reno

Just to watch him die

When I hear that whistle blowin'

I hold my head and cry

Well, if they freed me from this prison

If that railroad train was mine

I bet I'd move it over

A little farther down the line

And far from Folsom Prison

That's where I want to stay

And I'd let that lonesome whistle

Blow my blues all away

I saw that train a comin'

It's coming down the track

And I feel the pain deep down

Every time someone cracks

Motherland is calling

We're going forward and we not look back

Can you hear the song of the prison road dog

Feelin' free, feelin' free

I bet there's rich folks eating

In a fancy dining car

Probably drinking coffee

And smoking big cigars

Well, I knew I had it coming

I know I can't be free

But those people keep a movin'

And that's what tortures me

Those people keep a movin'

And that's what tortures me