Merle Haggard — Folsom Prison Blues

[Verse] I hear that train a-coming, it's coming around the bend I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when I'm locked in Folsom Prison and time keeps dragging on And I hear that train a-rolling on down to San Antone When I was just a baby, my mama told me, "Son Always be a good boy and don't ever play with guns" But I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die When I hear that lonesome whistle, I hang my head and cry I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars Well I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free But I hear that train a-rolling and that's what tortures me If they freed me from this prison and that railroad train was mine I bet I'd move it over a little farther down the line Far from Folsom Prison, that's where I long to be And let that train keep rolling and roll my blues away