Folsom Prison Blues
Johnny Cash

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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 in Folsom Prison and time keeps draggin' on
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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 a 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

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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