Lyric Folsom Prison Blues

(Johnny Cash)

Well I hear that train a comin
It s rollin around 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
That train keeps rollin
On down to San Antone
When I was just a baby
My mama told me, "Son,
Always be a good boy
Don t you ever play with guns"
But I shot a man in Reno
Just to watch him die
When I hear that lonesome whistle
I hang my head and cry
Well I bet there s rich folks eating
In a fancy dinin car
I bet they re taking mushrooms
And smokin big cigars
Well I know I had it comin
I know I can t be free
Those people keep movin
And that s what tortures me
If they free me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
You bet I d move it on
A little farther down the line
Yeah, far from Folsom Prison
That s where I want to be
Well those people keep movin
Goddammit, that s what tortures me
If they d free me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
You bet I d move it on
A little farther down the line
Yeah, far from Folsom Prison
That s where I want to be
Well those people keep movin
Goddammit that s what tortures me