Riot In Cell Block #9

July the second, it was nineteen sixty-three
 I was servin' time for armed robbery
 Four o'clock in the mornin', I was layin' back 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
 Down in cell block number 9
 The riot started down in cell block number 4
 Spread like wild fire across the prison floor
 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
 Down in cell block number 9
 Y'all gotta stop that stuff goin' on over there
 If ya don't stop that riot, y'all gonna get the chair
 I said, "Hey now boys, get ready to run
 Here come the warden with an automatic gun"
 There's a riot goin' on
 There's a riot goin' on
 There's a riot goin' on
 Down in cell block number 9
 In the forty-seventh hour the tear gas
 It got our men
 We are 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
 Down in cell block number 9