Folsom Prison Blues Songtext
von Liquid Blue

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 in 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 San Diego just to watch him die
When I hear that whistle blowin′, I hang my head and cry
Oh, hey!

Oh, Sue in San Diego
All the way to Reno


Well, I bet there's rich folks eatin′ from a fancy dinin' cart
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
Hey!

Ah, Lazy Jim
It's a boy named Sue
Just for you, and you too
Boy named Sue

Well, 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

Hey!