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Folsom Prison Blues. from the album Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! " Folsom Prison Blues " is a song by American singer-songwriter Johnny Cash. Written in 1953, [1] it was first recorded and released as a single in 1955, and later included on his debut studio album Johnny Cash with His Hot and Blue Guitar! (1957), as the album's ...
- July 30, 1955
- "So Doggone Lonesome"
- December 15, 1955
May 24, 2016 · In 1953, Cash saw Crane Wilbur’s film Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison while stationed in Germany. The 90-minute long film left an impression on Cash, who emphathized with the tale of the imprisoned men, and inspired him to write a song: Folsom Prison Blues. “It was a violent movie,” remembers Cash.
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Folsom Prison Blues Lyrics: 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 those people keep a-movin’. And that’s what tortures me. [Verse 4] Well if they freed me from this prison. If that railroad train was mine. I bet I’d move it on a little farther down the line. Far from Folsom prison, that’s where I want to stay. And I’d let that lonesome whistle blow my blues away.
