I hear that train a comin'   It's rollin' around the bend   I ain't seen the sunshine   Since I don't know when      Well, I'm stuck in Folsom Prison   And time keeps draggin' on   That train keeps rollin'   On down to San Antone      When I was just a baby   My mama told me, "Son   Always be good boy   Don't you 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      Well, I bet there's rich folks eating   From a fancy dinin' car   I bet they're taking mushrooms   And smokin' big cigars      Well, I know I had it comin'   I know I can't be free   Those people keep movin'   And that's what tortures me      If they free me from this prison   If that railroad train was mine   You bet I'd move it on   A little farther down the line      Yeah, far from Folsom Prison   That's where I want to be   But those people keep movin'   Goddammit, that's what tortures me      Man, if they'd free me from this prison   If that railroad train was mine   You bet I'd move it on   A little farther down the line      Yeah, far from Folsom Prison   That's where I want to be   Those people keep movin'   Goddammit that's what tortures me