[Verse 1]
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I hear the train a coming, it's rolling 'round the bend
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And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
[Chorus]
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I'm stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps dragging on.................
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But that train keeps a rolling on down to San Antone...................
[Verse 2]
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When I was just a baby my mama told me, "Son...
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Always be a good boy, don't you 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 that whistle blowing, I hang my head and cry...
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[Verse 3]
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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 on a little farther down the line
[Post-Chorus]
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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...