Johnny Cash Folsom Prison Blues Cultural Importance 1

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.

baby When I was just a _____ 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 and smoking big cigars _____. 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

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