Riot In Cell Block Number Nine

Yeah

On July the second, in 1953

I was servin' time for armed robbery

Four o'clock in the mornin', I was sleepin' in my cell

I heard a whistle blow, and I heard somebody yell

There's a riot goin' on

There's a riot goin' on

There's a riot goin' on, babe

Up in cell block number nine

The trouble started in cell block number four

And spread like fire across the prison floor

I said, "Come on, boys, let's 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

You don't stop the 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 nine

The ninety-seventh hour, the tear gas got our man

Crawled back in our cells, but every now and then

There's a riot goin' on

There's a riot goin' on

Come here, baby

There's a riot goin' on

Up in cell block number nine

Get on, baby