Folsom Prison Blues

See us on tour: By Johnny Cash, of course. Performed by Carson McKee and Josh Turner. There are already a LOT of great rend... 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-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 I bet there’s rich folks eatin’ In a fancy dinin’ 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 Well, if they freed me from this prison If that railroad
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