Folsom Prison Blues

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 blowing I hang my head and cry

I bet there's rich folks eating in 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'd free me from this prison • if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little further 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


         THE CONDUCTOR • the Second Dream

I hear the train a-comin • it's rolling 'round the bend
and I ain't been kissed lord since I don't know when
the boys in Crescent City don't seem to know I'm here
that lonesome whistle seems to tell me "Sue disappear"

when I was just a baby my mama told me "Sue
when you're grown up I want that you should go and see and do
but I'm stuck in Crescent City just watching life mosey by
when I hear that whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry

I see the rich folks eatin' in that fancy dining car
they're probably having pheasant breast and eastern caviar
now I ain't crying envy and I ain't crying me
it's just that they get to see things that I've never seen

if I owned that lonesome whistle • if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd find a man a little farther down the line
far from Crescent City is where I'd like to stay
and I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away

                                         gordon jenkins

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