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On July the second, 1953 |
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I was serving time in Tahatchopee |
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Four o'clock in the morning |
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I was sleepin' in my cell |
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I heard a whistle blow |
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And I heard somebody yell |
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(Chorus) |
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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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Up in cell block number nine |
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The trouble all started up in cell block #4 |
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It spread like fire across the prison floor |
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Warden came in with a big tommy gun |
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Bang-bang-bang, tryin' to stop our fun |
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The warden said, come out |
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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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Two-gun Mathilda said |
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It's too late to quit |
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Pass the dynamite Molly |
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'Cause man, this fuse is lit |
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They called the state militia |
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To help them win the fight |
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Drove up to the prison |
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In the middle of the night |
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Each and every trooper |
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He looked so tall and fine |
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All the chicks went crazy |
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Up in cell block number nine |
