Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Riot in Cell Block 9, artist - The Coasters. Album song Classics - The Coasters, in the genre R&BDate of issue: 16.10.2011
Record label: Klub
Song language: English
Riot in Cell Block 9 |
| July the second, it was 1963 |
| 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 # 9 |
| The riot started down in cell block # 4 |
| Spread like wild fire across the prison floor |
| Scarface 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 # 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 # 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 # 9 |