I hear the train a comin' It's rolling round the bend Well i ain't seen the sunshine since i don't know when, But i'm stuck in folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on But i hear the train a rollin' on down to san anton.. When i was just a baby my mama told me. Son, Always be a good boy, and don't ever play with guns. But i shot a man in reno just to watch him die And i hear the whistle blowing, i my head and cry..
I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car They're probably drinkin' whiskey and smoking big cigars. Well i know i had it coming, i know i can't be free But those people keep a movin' And that's what tortures me...
And if they'd free me from this prison, If that railroad train were mine I bet i'd move a little on a little farther down the line Far from folsom prison, that's where i want to be And i'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away...