The Blues Brothers - Riot In Cell Block Number Nine lyrics

It was December the sixth 1983

I was doin` time for armed robbery

At four in the morning, I was sitting in my cell

I heard a whistle blow, and I heard somebody yell

There`s a riot going on

There`s a riot going on

There`s a riot going on

Up in cell block number nine

Our 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

And Scarface Jones said It`s too late to quit

Pass the dynamite, don`t you give me any shit

There`s a riot going on

There`s a riot going on

There`s a riot going on

Up in cell block number nine

On the 47th hour the nerve gas got our men

We`re all back in our cells but every now and then

There`s a riot going on

There`s a riot going on

There`s a riot going on

Up in cellblock number nine

Up in cellblock number nine

Up in cellblock number nine