《Folsom Prison Blues-福爾鬆監獄藍調》，火車節奏的吉它伴奏很有趣。

吉它活動暖場時發了一首Johnny Cash的《Jackson》，老地雷提起他那首著名監獄歌，正好我也會唱，今天就錄了一版。

 

這首歌跨了美國流行歌曲的兩個類別，分別是火車歌（train song)和犯罪歌（outlaw song)。Johnny Cash當年寫這首歌時借鑒了Gordon Jenkins的Crescent City Blues的歌詞和結構，他經常去監獄唱這首歌，後來出名後，被原作者告了，最終和解付了7.5萬美元，在當時這就是一幢獨立屋的錢。

 

"Folsom Prison Blues"

 

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

 

I bet there's rich folks eating in a fancy dining car

They're probably drinkin' coffee and smoking big cigars

Well I know I had it coming, 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 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