Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cash/Johnny Cash (1955)

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I	hear the train a-comin'; it's rollin' 'round the bend,

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

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I'm	stuck at Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin'	on.

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But that	train keeps a-rollin' on down to San An	tone.

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When	I was just a baby my momma told me: "Son,

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	Always be a good boy; don't	ever play with guns."

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But I	shot a man in Reno, just to watch him	die.

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When I	hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and	cry.

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I	bet there's rich folk eatin' in a fancy dining car.

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They're	prob'ly drinkin' coffee and	smokin' big cigars.

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But I	know I had it comin', I know I can't be	free.

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But those	people keep a-movin', and that's what tortures	me.

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

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I	bet I'd move it all a little	farther down the line.

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	Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to	stay.

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And I'd	let that lonesome whistle blow my blues a	way.