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July the second, it was nineteen sixty-three |
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I was servin' time for armed robbery |
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Four o'clock in the mornin', |
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I was layin' back in my cell |
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I heard the whistle blow then |
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I heard somebody yell |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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Down in cell block number 9 |
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The riot started down in cell block number 4 |
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Spread like wild fire across the prison floor |
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Scar-face |
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Jones said, "It's too late to quit" |
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Pass the dynamite 'cause the fuse is lit |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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Down in cell block number 9 |
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Y'all gotta stop that stuff goin' on over there |
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If ya don't stop that riot, y'all gonna get the chair |
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I said, "Hey now boys, get ready to runHere come the warden with an automatic gun" |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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Down in cell block number 9 |
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In the forty-seventh hour the tear gas |
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It got our men |
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We are all back in our cells |
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But every now and then |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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There's a riot goin' on |
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Down in cell block number 9 |