Riot in Cell Block No 9 (BBC in Concert)

Riot in Cell Block No 9 (BBC in Concert) - Dr. Feelgood

On july second, 1953,

I was serving time for armed robbery

'Bout four in the morning

I was sleepin' in my cell

I heard a whistle blow

I heard somebody yell

There's a riot goin' on

There's a riot goin' on

There's a riot goin' on

Up in cell block number nine

The trouble started in cell block no. 4

It spread like fire across the prison floor

I said 'come on boys, get ready to run

Here comes the warden with a tommy gun'

There's a riot goin' on

There's a riot goin' on

There's a riot goin' on

Up in cell block number nine

The warden said

'Come out with your hands up in the air

If you don't stop this riot

You're all gonna get the chair'

Scarface jones said, 'it's too late to quit

And 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

Up in cell block number nine

The ninety-second hour

The tear gas got our men

Crawled 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

Up in cell block number nine