Five More Miles to Folsom
Journey of Redemption: Five More Miles to Folsom by Lee Hazlewood
Lyrics
Five more miles to Folsom
Expressing the remaining distance to Folsom, a prison or location, possibly symbolizing a journey or countdown.
This train can't move too slow
Suggesting impatience or eagerness, emphasizing a desire for a faster progression.
Ninety-nine years at Folsom
Refers to a lengthy prison sentence of 99 years at Folsom.
Then they'll let me go
Anticipating release from imprisonment after serving the specified sentence.
Shot a man in Dallas
Admitting to committing a serious crime, shooting a man in Dallas.
He made a fool of me
Feeling deceived or ridiculed by the person shot in Dallas.
Thought they never catched me
Expressing surprise that authorities eventually caught the speaker for the crime.
How wrong can one guy be
Reflecting on the speaker's misjudgment and underestimation of being apprehended.
Five more miles to Folsom
Reiterating the distance to Folsom, reinforcing a sense of journey or impending fate.
This train can' t move too slow
Repeating the desire for a faster journey to Folsom, indicating urgency or impatience.
Ninety-nine years at Folsom
Reemphasizing the lengthy prison sentence at Folsom.
Then they'll let me go
Reiterating the hope for eventual release from the long-term imprisonment.
Let my love at the station
Describing the speaker's lover waiting at the station, possibly conveying a sense of longing or separation.
Crying in the rain
Depicting the emotional distress of the lover, crying in the rain.
Broke her heart at the station
Explaining that the speaker broke the lover's heart at the station due to an inability to provide an adequate explanation.
Cause I couldn't explain
Highlighting the cause of the lover's heartbreak, a lack of communication or understanding.
Five more miles to Folsom
Repeating the countdown to Folsom, maintaining a theme of a journey or impending fate.
This train can' t move too slow
Reiterating the desire for a faster journey to Folsom, reinforcing a sense of urgency.
Ninety-nine years at Folsom
Emphasizing the lengthy duration of the prison sentence at Folsom.
Then they'll let me go
Reaffirming the anticipation of release from the prolonged imprisonment.
Sit and stare out my window
Describing the speaker's contemplative state, gazing out the window at another's moon.
At someone else's moon
Suggesting a sense of detachment or alienation from the world outside the speaker's window.
And ask why was I born
Pondering existential questions, questioning the circumstances of the speaker's birth.
Ninety-nine years too soon
Expressing a feeling of being born too early, possibly lamenting the timing of the speaker's existence.
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