The Lyric Archive - Song Lyrics
[Main] [Artists list] [Charts] [Genres] [Last added lyrics] [ Advanced Search]
# A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z




#  A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H  I  J  K  L  M  N  O  P  Q  R  S  T  U  V  W  X  Y  Z  

Rating:  Not rated
Rate It:   Poor  Poor  Average  Hot. Excellent  Hot. Excellent
Composer: Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues lyrics



By: John R. Cash
Recorded 1/13/68
Number 1 - Country Charts
Number 32 - Pop Charts

I hear the train a comin'; it's rollin' '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 rollin' on down to San Antone.

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.

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

Well, if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine,
I bet I'd move on over 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.
Songs list of album: At Madison Square Garden [live] (2002)
         Title Rating
01   Big River lyrics   -
02   I Still Miss Someone lyrics   -
03    Five Feet High and Rising lyrics Add lyrics   -
04   Pickin' Time lyrics   -
05    Remember the Alamo lyrics Add lyrics   -
06    Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream lyrics Add lyrics   -
07    Wreck of the Old '97 lyrics Add lyrics   -
08   Long Black Veil lyrics   -
09    The Wall lyrics Add lyrics   -
10    Send a Picture of Mother lyrics Add lyrics   -
11   Folsom Prison Blues lyrics   -
12    Blue Suede Shoes lyrics Add lyrics   -
13    Flowers on the Wall lyrics Add lyrics   -
14    Wildwood Flower lyrics Add lyrics   -
15    Worried Man Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
16   A Boy Named Sue lyrics   -
17    Cocaine Blues lyrics Add lyrics   -
18    Jesus Was a Carpenter lyrics Add lyrics   -
19    The Ballad of Ira Hayes lyrics Add lyrics   -
20    As Long as the Grass Shall Grow lyrics Add lyrics   -
21    Sing a Traveling Song lyrics Add lyrics   -
22    He Turned the Water into Wine lyrics Add lyrics   -
23    Were You There When They Crucified My Lord? lyrics Add lyrics   -
24   Daddy Sang Bass lyrics   -
25    Finale Medley: Do What You Do, Do Well/I Walk the Line/Ring of Fire lyrics Add lyrics   -
26    Suppertime lyrics Add lyrics   -
 

Top songs of Johnny Cash lyrics
Daddy lyrics
Country Boy lyrics
I've Been Everywhere lyrics


Last added lyrics
Rather Ripped
Rather Ripped
by Sonic Youth
Lost and Found
Lost and Found
by Will Smith
Ghetto Bill
Ghetto Bill
by Master P
Kina
Kina
by Kina
Zeitgeist
Zeitgeist
by The Smashing Pumpkins



Navigation

Browse Artists
Add Lyrics
Lyrics Charts
Lyrics Genres
Today's Lyrics
Search Lyrics

 

Charts

Country Lyrics
Folk Lyrics
Gospel Lyrics
Latin Lyrics
R&B Lyrics
Rap Lyrics
Rock Lyrics
Soundtrack Lyrics

Links

Free CD & DVD Covers
Covers at CDcovers.to
Songs-lyrics.net