Riot in Cell Block #9 [Live]
On July 27, 1973
I was servin' time for armed robbery
It was three o’clock in the mornin'
I was tryna sleep 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)
Aw, was up in cell block number nine
All trouble started in cell block number four
It spread like fire all across the prison floor
I said, Okay 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)
Aw, was up in cell block numbеr nine
The warden said, Comе out, put your hands up in the air
You don’t stop this riot, y'all gonna get the chair
Mister Buffalo thinks 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)
Up in cell block number nine
In the forty-seventh hour the tear-gas finally got our men
Let's jump back in them damn cells 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 (There's a riot)