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Folsom Prison Blues
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David Allen Coe
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I hear that train a-commin', it's rollin' around the bend
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And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
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I'm stuck in Folsom prison and time keeps draggin' on
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But that train keeps a-rollin' on down to San Antone
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When I was just a baby, my mama told me, son
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Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
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But I shot a man in Reno, just to watch him die
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When I hear that whistle blowin', I hang my head and cry
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I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
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They're probably drinking coffee and smoking big cigars
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But I know I had it coming, I know I can't be free
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But those people keep a-movin' and that's what tortures me
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Well if that freed me from this prison
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and that railroad train was mine
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I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
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Far from Folsom prison, that's where I want to stay
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And I'd let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away
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