Johnny Cash - I Heard That Lonesome Whistle
Written by:Williams/Davis
I was riding number 9
Heading south from caroline
I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
I got in trouble had to roam
I left my gal and left my home
I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
Just a kid acting smart
I went and broke my darling's heart
I guess I was too young to know
They took me off the georgia main
Locked me to a ball and chain
I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
All alone I bears the shame
I'm a number not a name
I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
All I do is sit and cry
When that evening train goes by
I heard that long lonesome whistle blow
I'll be locked there in this cell
'Til my body's just a shell
And my hair turns whiter than snow
I'll never see that gal he pines
I'm in georgia doing time
I heard that long lonesome whistle blow