Folsom Prison Blues

Johnny Cash

Well, I hear the train a coming
It's rolling around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine
Since I don't know when

Lord, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison
And time keeps dragging on
While that train keeps on rolling
On down to San Antone

Well, I bet there's rich folks eating
In a fancy dining car
They're probably drinking coffee
And smoking big cigars

Lord, I know I had it coming
I know I just can not be free
But those people keep on moving
Baby, that's what tortures me

When I was a baby
My mama told me, "Son"
Said, "I want you to be a good boy
I don't want you to play with guns"

But I shot a man in Reno
I shot him just to watch him die
Lord, he died
Yes, he died
And that train keeps on rolling
I hang my lonesome head and cry

Well, if they freed me from this prison
If that railroad train was mine
Oh, I'd movе it on
Just a little bit further down the linе

Far from Folsom Prison
That's where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle
Blow my lonesome blues away

Trivia about the song Folsom Prison Blues by Carl Perkins

When was the song “Folsom Prison Blues” released by Carl Perkins?
The song Folsom Prison Blues was released in 1969, on the album “Carl Perkins' Greatest Hits”.
Who composed the song “Folsom Prison Blues” by Carl Perkins?
The song “Folsom Prison Blues” by Carl Perkins was composed by Johnny Cash.

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