Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues & Help me make it through the Night 1972 video free download

Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues & Help me make it through the Night 1972

1. Folsom Prison Blues (Released 1956)

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.

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 in Reno

just to watch him die

When I hear that whistle blowing,

I hang my head and cry.

(Guitar solo)

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.

2. Help me make it through the Night

(with Johnny's second wife June Carter Cash)

Take the ribbon from my hair

Shake it loose and let it fall

Layin' soft against your skin

Like the shadow on the wall

Come and lay down by my side

Till the early mornin' light

All I'm takin' is your time

Help me make it through the night

I don't care what's right or wrong

And I won't try to understand

Let the devil take tomorrow

Lord, tonight I need a friend

Yesterday is dead and gone

And tomorrow's out of sight

And it's sad to be alone

Help me make it through the night

And it's sad to be alone

Help me make it through the night