RIOT IN CELL BLOCK NR9
WRITTEN BY: Leiber / Stoller

On july the second of 1953
I was servin’ time for armed robbery
Four o’clock in the morning, I was sleeping in my cell, I heard a whistle blow I heard somebody yell

There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on in cell block number nine

The riot started in cell block number four
I spread like wild fire across the prison floor
I said ok boys get ready to run
Here come the warden with an automatic gun

There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on in cell block number nine

Don’t what you matter with your hands in the air
If you don’t stop that riot, you all gonna get the chair
Scarface Jones said "it’s too late to quit"
Pass the dynamite ‘cause the fuse is lit

There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on in cell block number nine

There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on wow wow wow

There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on
There is a riot going on in cell block number nine