YouTube Folsom Prison Blues (Remastered 1988)

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I Ehear the train a-comin', it's rolling 'round the bend
And I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm Astuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' Eon.....
But that Btrain keeps a-rollin'... on down to San AAnEtone

When EI was just a baby, my mama told me, Son..
Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns
But I Ashot a man in Reno, just to watch him Edie...
When I Bhear that whistle blowin', I hang my head Aand Ecry

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I Ebet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars
Well I Aknow I had it coming, I know I can't be Efree
But those Bpeople keep a-movin', and that's what torAtures Eme

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Well, if they Efreed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little farther down the line
FarA from Folsom prison, that's where I want to Estay
And I'd Blet that lonesome whistle blow my blues Eaway

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