The coasters Riot in cell block number nine

Riot in cell block number nine

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On July the second 1953,  I was serving time for arm robbery.

At four o’clock in the morning, I was sleeping in my cell.

I heard a whistle blow then I heard somebody yield.

There’s a riot going on, there’s a riot going on, there’s a riot going on, up in cell block number 9.

The trouble started in cell block number four,

And spread like fire across the prison floor.

I said okay boys get ready to run,

Here comes the warden with the atomic gun.

There’s a riot going on, there’s a riot going on, there’s a riot going 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.

Scareface Jones said it’s too late to quit

Pass the dynamite, ‘cause the fuse is lid'.

There’s a riot going on, there’s a riot going on, there’s a riot going on, up in cell block number 9.

In the forty seven hour the tear gas got all men.

We’re all back in our cells but every now and then.

There’s a riot going on, there’s a riot going on, there’s a riot going on, up in cell block number 9.