Johnny Cash Folsom Prision Blues song lyrics

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 at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on

But 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 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

They're prob'ly 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

Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine

I bet I'd move on over 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