Songwriter: Johnny Cash
Producer: Eddie Kilroy
I hear that train a comin', rollin' around the bend
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom prison, time keeps draggin' by
But when I hear that train a movin'
God, I hang, I hang, I hang my head and cry
You know, I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
They're drinking Jack Daniels whiskey, smoking big caboose cigars
Stuck in Folsom prison, time keeps draggin' on
Every time I think of them women
God, I think of good ol' San Antone, yeah
Well, now when I was just a baby, baby, my mama told me
Son, you oughta be a good boy, Jerry, don't ever play with guns
Shot a boy in Memphis, I didn't mean just to watch him die
Oh, when I think of good ol' Memphis, Tennessee
I hang my head and I cry
Now if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I'd move it on just a little further down the line
Far from Folsom prison, that's where ol' killer needs to be
'Cos them women keep on movin'
And Lord, Lord, and that's what tortures Jerry Lee
My God, they ain't gonna free me from this prison
And that railroad train ain't mine
I know they're never gonna let ol' Jerry get no further down the line
Far from Folsom prison, that's where I ain't gonna be
Woo, them women keep on movin'
My God, that tortures rockin' Jerry Lee
I ain't seen the sunshine since I don't know when
I'm stuck in Folsom prison, time keeps draggin' by
But when I hear that train a movin'
God, I hang, I hang, I hang my head and cry
You know, I bet there's rich folks eatin' in a fancy dining car
They're drinking Jack Daniels whiskey, smoking big caboose cigars
Stuck in Folsom prison, time keeps draggin' on
Every time I think of them women
God, I think of good ol' San Antone, yeah
Well, now when I was just a baby, baby, my mama told me
Son, you oughta be a good boy, Jerry, don't ever play with guns
Shot a boy in Memphis, I didn't mean just to watch him die
Oh, when I think of good ol' Memphis, Tennessee
I hang my head and I cry
Now if they freed me from this prison, if that railroad train was mine
I'd move it on just a little further down the line
Far from Folsom prison, that's where ol' killer needs to be
'Cos them women keep on movin'
And Lord, Lord, and that's what tortures Jerry Lee
My God, they ain't gonna free me from this prison
And that railroad train ain't mine
I know they're never gonna let ol' Jerry get no further down the line
Far from Folsom prison, that's where I ain't gonna be
Woo, them women keep on movin'
My God, that tortures rockin' Jerry Lee
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Killer Country (1980)
Jerry Lee Lewis popular songs
- Great Balls of Fire
- Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin On
- Frankie and Johnny
- You Helped Me Up (When the World Let Me Down)
- I’ll Keep on Loving You
- Let The Good Times Roll
- Come What May
- Brown-Eyed Handsome Man
- Sick and Tired
- Johnny B. Goode
- Hound Dog
- Let’s Talk About Us
- I Can’t Give You Anything But Love, Baby
- When a Man Loves a Woman
- Money (That’s What I Want)
- Dungaree Doll
- One More Time
- Poison Love
- It Hurt Me So
- Miss the Mississippi and You
- I Ain’t Loved You
- High Heel Sneakers
- I’m a Lonesome Fugitive
- I’ll Never Get Out of This World Alive