Folsom Prison Blues Lyrics - Ferlin Husky

I hear the train a comin' it's comin' round the bend 

I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when 

I'm stuck in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on 

And a 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 I cry 

[ dobro ] 

I bet there's rich folks eatin' in some fancy dining car 

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 on movin' that's what tortures me 

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

I bet I'd move it 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 

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