Riot in Cell Block No 9 Songtext
von The Robins
Riot in Cell Block No 9 Songtext
On July the second, 1953
I was servin′ time for armed robbery
At four o'clock in the mornin′, I was sleepin' in my cell
I heard the whistle blow then 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 9
The trouble started in cell block number 4
And spread like fire across the prison floor
I said, "Okay boys, get ready to run
Here come 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 9
The warden said come out with your hands up in the air
If you don′t stop this riot, you all gonna get the chair
Scar-face Jones said, "It's too late to quit"
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 9
In the forty-seventh hour the tear gas got our men
We′re all back 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 9
I was servin′ time for armed robbery
At four o'clock in the mornin′, I was sleepin' in my cell
I heard the whistle blow then 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 9
The trouble started in cell block number 4
And spread like fire across the prison floor
I said, "Okay boys, get ready to run
Here come 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 9
The warden said come out with your hands up in the air
If you don′t stop this riot, you all gonna get the chair
Scar-face Jones said, "It's too late to quit"
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 9
In the forty-seventh hour the tear gas got our men
We′re all back 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 9
Writer(s): Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber Lyrics powered by www.musixmatch.com