[Verse 1]

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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

I'm stuck at Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on

But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone

[Verse 2]

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

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[Verse 3]

I bet there's rich folks eatin' from a fancy dining car

They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars

But 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

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[Verse 4]

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