Folsom Prison Blues 
                     Johnny Cash
 
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I hear the train a comin' it's rollin 'round the bend
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and I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
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I'm stuck in Folsom Prison, and time keeps draggin' on.
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But that train keeps a movin' on down to San An-tone



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When I was just a baby my mame told me, "Son
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Always be a good boy, 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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When I hear the whistle blowin' I hang my head and cry.



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I bet there's rich folk eatin'in a fancy dining car.
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They're prob'ly drinkin' coffee and smokin' big cigars,
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But I know I had it comin', I know I can't be free,
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But those people keep a-movin', and that's what tortures me.



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Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
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I bet I'd move it all a little farther down the line
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Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I want to stay
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And I'd let that lonesome whistle, blow my blues away