Riot In Cell Block 9 Songtext
von Commander Cody & His Lost Planet Airmen

Leiber-Stoller

On July second, 1953,
I was serving time for armed robbery
′Bout four in the morning
I was sleepin' in my cell
I heard a whistle blow
I heard somebody yell

There′s a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin′ on
There′s a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine

The trouble started in cell block no. 4
It spread like fire across the prison floor
I said "; Come on boys, get ready to run -
Here comes the warden with a tommy gun";


There′s a riot goin' on
There′s a riot goin' on
There′s a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine

The warden said
"; Come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot (or: You gonna start a riot?)
You′re all gonna get the chair";
Scarface Jones said, "; It′s too late to quit
And pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit";

There′s a riot goin' on
There′s a riot goin' on
There′s a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine

The ninety-second hour
The tear gas got our men
Crawled in our cells
But every now and then...

There's a riot goin′ on
There′s a riot goin' on
There′s a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine