Riot In Cell Block Number Nine

It was Decemberthe sixth 1983<br>I was doin` time for armed robbery<br>At four in the morning, I was sitting in my cell<br>I heard a whistle blow, and I heard somebody yell<br><br><br>There`s a riot going on<br>There`s a riot going on<br>There`s a riot going on<br>Up in cell block number nine<br><br><br>Our warden said Come out with your hands up in the air<br>If you don`t stop this riot you`re all gonna get the chair<br>And Scarface Jones said It`s too late to quit<br>Pass the dynamite, don`t you give me any shit<br><br><br>There`s a riot going on<br>There`s a riot going on<br>There`s a riot going on<br>Up in cell block number nine<br><br><br>On the 47th hour the nerve gas got our men<br>We`re all back in our cells but every now and then<br><br><br>There`s a riot going on<br>There`s a riot going on<br>There`s a riot going on<br>Up in cellblock number nine<br>Up in cellblock number nine<br>Up in cellblock number nine