Folsom Prison Blues

Hello I'm Johnny Cash

I hear the train a comin'

It's rolling 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.

Suey

I bet there's rich folks eating from a fancy dining car

They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars.

Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free

But those people keep a movin'

And that's what tortures me...

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...