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Folsom Prison Blues
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
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I hear the train a-comin', it's rollin round 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 dragging on
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But that train keeps a-rollin', on down to San Anton
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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 shoot 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 folk eatin' in a fancy dining car
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They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars
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Well I know I had it comin', 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 they freed me from this prison, if 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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