Riot in Cell Block #9 (with Reference Vocal)
July the second, nineteen fifty-three
I was servin' time for armed robbery
At four o'clock in the mornin', I was sleepin' in my cell
I heard a 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 up in cell block number 4
It spread like fire across the prison floor
I said "OK 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 9
The warden said "Come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot, you're all gonna get the chair"
Scarface Jones said "It's too late to quit
Pass the dynamite, cuz 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 a 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 up in cell block number 4
It spread like fire across the prison floor
I said "OK 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 9
The warden said "Come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot, you're all gonna get the chair"
Scarface Jones said "It's too late to quit
Pass the dynamite, cuz 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
Credits
Writer(s): Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller
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