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