《Folsom Prison Blues-福尔松监狱蓝调》，火车节奏的吉它伴奏很有趣。

吉它活动暖场时发了一首Johnny Cash的《Jackson》，老地雷提起他那首著名监狱歌，正好我也会唱，今天就录了一版。

 

这首歌跨了美国流行歌曲的两个类别，分别是火车歌（train song)和犯罪歌（outlaw song)。Johnny Cash当年写这首歌时借鉴了Gordon Jenkins的Crescent City Blues的歌词和结构，他经常去监狱唱这首歌，后来出名后，被原作者告了，最终和解付了7.5万美元，在当时这就是一幢独立屋的钱。

 

"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