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Folsom Prison Blues

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Folsom Prison Blues was released on October 11, 1957 by Sun Records as a part of the album With His Hot And Blue Guitar (Sun Records 70th) [2022 Remaster]

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Johnny Cash

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Johnny Cash

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[Verse 1]

I hear the train a coming

It's rolling 'round the bend

And I ain't seen the sunshine

Since I don't know when

[Chorus]

I'm stuck in Folsom Prison

And time keeps dragging on

But that train keeps a rolling

On down to San Anton

[Verse 2]

When I was just a baby

"My mama told me, son

Always be a good boy

Don't ever play with guns"

[Chorus]

But I shot a man in Reno

Just to watch him die

When I hear that whistle blowing

I hang my head and cry

[Verse 3]

I bet there's rich folks

Eating in a fancy dining car

They're probably drinking coffee

And smoking big cigars

[Chorus]

Well, I know I had it coming

I know I can't be free

But those people keep a moving

And that's what tortures me

[Verse 4]

Well if they'd free me from this prison

If that railroad train was mine

I bet I'd move on over a little

Farther down the line

[Chorus]

Far from Folsom Prison

That's where I want to stay

And I'd let that lonesome whistle

Blow my blues away

Written by: Johnny R. Cash

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