(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle - Johhny Cash

I was ridin' Number Nine

Headin' south from Caroline

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Got in trouble had to roam

Left my gal an' left my home

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

Just a kid actin' 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 lonesome whistle blow

All alone I bear the shame

I'm a number not a name

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

All I do is set an' cry

When the evenin' train goes by

I heard that lonesome whistle blow

I'll be locked here in this cell

Till my body's just a shell

An' my hair turns whiter than snow

I'll never see that gal of mine

I'm in Georgia doin' time

I heard that lonesome whistle blow