Five more miles to Folsom   This train can't move too slow   Ninety-nine years at Folsom   Then they'll let me go      Shot a man in Dallas   He made a fool of me   Thought they never catched me   How wrong can one guy be      Five more miles to Folsom   This train can' t move too slow   Ninety-nine years at Folsom   Then they'll let me go      Let my love at the station   Crying in the rain   Broke her heart at the station   Cause I couldn't explain      Five more miles to Folsom   This train can' t move too slow   Ninety-nine years at Folsom   Then they'll let me go      Sit and stare out my window   At someone else's moon   And ask why was I born   Ninety-nine years too soon