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