Lyrics
(Hello, I'm Johnny Cash)
I hear the train a-comin'
It's rollin' 'round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine
Since I don't know when
I'm stuck 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"
But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin'
I hang my head and cry (play it to the verse, yeah)
(Sue it)
I bet there's rich folks eatin'
From a fancy dining 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 (hit it)
(Howdy-ho)
Well, if they freed me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
I 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
(yeah)
WRITERS
John R. Cash
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Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Peermusic Publishing
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