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On July second 1953 |
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I was serving time for armed robbery |
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About four in the morning |
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I was sleeping in my cell |
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I heard a whistle blow |
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I heard somebody yell |
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There's a riot going on |
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There's a riot going on |
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There's a riot going on |
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Up in cell block number nine |
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The trouble started in cell block no four |
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It spread like fire across the prison floor |
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I said come on boys get ready to run |
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Here comes the warden with a tommy gun |
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There's a riot going on |
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There's a riot going on |
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There's a riot going on |
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Up in cell block number nine |
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The warden said |
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Come out with your hands up in the air |
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If you don't stop this riot |
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You're all gonna get the chair |
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Scarface Jones said It's too late to quit |
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And pass the dynamite because the fuse is lit |
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There's a riot going on |
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There's a riot going on |
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There's a riot going on |
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Up in cell block number nine |
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The ninety second hour |
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The tear gas got our men |
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Crawled in our cells |
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But every now and then |
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There's a riot going on |
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There's a riot going on yeah |
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There's a riot going on |
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Up in cell block number nine |
