Johnny Cash
“Folsom Prison Blues”
Cultural Importance
1. Johnny Cash has been inducted into THREE
Halls of Fame: Rock n’ Roll, Country & Gospel
2. He went from “bad boy” to born-again Christian,
but never lost his touch with the down-and-out.
Johnny Cash, “Folsom Prison Blues”
I hear the train a comin'
it's rolling round the ______
And I ain't seen the ______
since I don't know when,
I'm ______ in Folsom prison,
and ______ keeps draggin' on
But that train keeps a rollin'
on down to San Antone.
bend
time
stuck
sunshine
When I was just a _____
my mama told me, “Son,
Always be a good boy,
don't ever play with _____.”
But I shot a man in Reno
just to _____ him die
When I hear that whistle blowing,
I hang my head and _____.
cry
baby
guns
watch
I bet there's rich folks eating
in a _____ dining car
They're probably drinkin' coffee
and smoking big _____.
Well I know I had it _____,
I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin'
and that's what ______ me.
fancy
cigars
tortures
coming
Well if they _____ me from this prison,
if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little
line
farther down the _____
blues
Far from Folsom prison,
freed
that's where I want to _____
stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle
blow my _____ away
Johnny Cash, “Folsom Prison Blues”
I hear the train a comin'
it's rolling round the bend
______
sunshine
And I ain't seen the ______
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.
When I was just a _____
baby
my mama told me, “Son,
Always be a good boy,
guns
don't ever play with _____.”
But I shot a man in Reno
watch him die
just to _____
When I hear that whistle blowing,
I hang my head and _____.
cry
I bet there's rich folks eating
fancy dining car
in a _____
They're probably drinkin' coffee
cigars
and smoking big _____.
coming
Well I know I had it _______,
I know I can't be free
But those people keep a movin'
and that's what ______
tortures me.
Well if they _____
freed me from this prison,
if that railroad train was mine
I bet I'd move it on a little
line
farther down the _____
Far from Folsom prison,
that's where I want to _____
stay
And I'd let that lonesome whistle
blow my _____
blues away
 Video Link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMyzoHBtaME
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8J7VQaWt1uQ (with lyrics)