Folsom Prison Blues Songtext
von Hank Snow

I hear that 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 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.


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I bet there′s rich folks eatin' in some fancy dining car
They′re 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 a movin' and that′s what tortures me.

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...