Folsom Prison Blues Songtext
von Merle Haggard

FOLSOM PRISON BLUES
(Johnny Cash)


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 I cry
I bet there′s rich folks eatin' in some fancy dining 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 train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
Far from Folsom Prison that′s where I want to stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away