hello i m johnny cash 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 in folsom prison and time keeps draggin on but that train keeps a 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 i cry i bet there s rich folks eatin in some fancy dining car they re probably drinkin coffee and smokin big cigars well 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 it on 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