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