[Verse 1] I hear 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 stuck in Folsom prison, and time keeps draggin' on But that train keeps a rollin' on down to San Antone [Verse 2] When I was just a baby my mama told me, "Son Always be a good boy, don't ever play with guns" But I shot a man...Learn More

Hey, look yonder comin' Comin' down that railroad track Hey, look yonder comin' Comin' down that railroad track It's that Orange Blossom Special Bringin' my baby back "Have to change harmonicas faster than kiss a duck!" Going down to Florida Get some sand in my shoes Or maybe Californ-ee And get some sand in my shoes Ride that Orange Blossom...Learn More

On a Monday I was arrested (Uh-huh) On a Tuesday they locked me in the jail (Oh boy) On a Wednesday, my trial was attested On a Thursday, they said guilty and the judge's gavel fell [Chorus] I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders I got chains, chains around my feet I got stripes, stripes around my shoulders And them chains, them chains,...Learn More

"Anybody got any special requests for us to do? John Henry? Let me do John Henry..." John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight He said before the sheriff comes I wanna tell you He said listen boy... Said learn to ball a jack and learn to lay a track Learn to pick and shovel too And take my hammer, it’ll do anything you tell it to John Henry's...Learn More

The crowd is waiting for the bullfight Matador My final fight the place is packed once more But Anita won't throw me a rose this fight The one she wears is not for me tonight She's watching now with her new love I know Walk proud and slow Be strong and sure give the crowd a show They want blood you know! You're still their idol as you were...Learn More

Now Uncle Bill was my Mothers Brother, a tall lanky man But somewhere back in Uncle Bill's life, he took to sniffin' cocaine I'd find him out in the back yard, sittin' against a tree His eyes bugged out in a cocaine stare and his mind in a cocaine dream Well one fall day when Uncle Bill was having a cocaine fit He said "Louise this coke's no good...Learn More

(Intro) 1. I got rid of the shackles that bound me and the guards that were always around me There were tears on the mail Mother wrote me in jail, but I'm free from the chain gang now 2. Back home, I was known and respected. Then, one day, I was wrongly suspected. So, they put me in chains in a cold, freezin' rain. But I'm free from the chain gang...Learn More

I'll have to hap a freight train I rather rails from where I am To the golf of Mexico, the Muscle Shoals Alabama. (Name of a state ) A felon Benton(name of a village)grave,condemned to walk a branded nam.(It means dying in war) Thirty years of hard time, they cut you loose and set you free There is bond to be a price for, every promise you don't...Learn More

Early one morning while making the rounds I took a shot of cocaine and I shot my woman down Went right home and I went to bed I stuck that loving 44 beneath my head Got up next morning and I grabbed that gun Took a shot of cocaine and away I run Made a good run but run too slow They overtook me down in Juarez, Mexico Laid in the hot joints taking...Learn More

"I was thinking about you guys yesterday. Now, I've been here three times before, and I think I understand a little bit of how you feel about some things. It's none of my business how you feel about some other things, and I don't give a damn about how you feel about some other things. But anyway, I tried to put myself in your place, and I believe...Learn More

Ten years ago, on a cold dark night Someone was killed 'neath the town hall lights There were few at the scene, but they all agreed That the slayer who ran looked a lot like me She walks these hills in a long black veil She visits my grave when the night winds wail Nobody knows, nobody sees Nobody knows but me The judge said, son, what is your...Learn More

O Death, where is thy sting? O Grave, where is thy victory? O Life, you are a shining path And hope springs eternal, just over the rise When I see my redeemer beckoning me Oh row my ship over the waves of your sea Let me find a safe port now and then Don't let the dark one in your sanctuary Until it's time to pack it in O, row, row my ship With...Learn More