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 a movin` on
Down to San Antone
When I was just a baby
my mama said "Hey 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
Well, if they freed me fom this prison
If that railroad train was mine
I bet I`d move it all
A little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison
That`s where I want to stay
And I`d let that lonsome whistle
Blow my blues away