Riot in Cell Block Number Nine Lyrics

July the second, it was nineteen sixty-three
I was servin' time for armed robbery
Four o'clock in the mornin', I was layin' back in my cell
I heard the whistle blow then I heard somebody yell

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Down in cell block number 9

The riot started down in cell block number 4
Spread like wild fire across the prison floor
Scar-face Jones said, "It's too late to quit"
Pa*s 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
Down in cell block number 9

Y'all gotta stop that stuff goin' on over there
If ya don't stop that riot, y'all gonna get the chair
I said, "Hey now boys, get ready to run
Here come the warden with an automatic gun"

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Down in cell block number 9

In the forty-seventh hour the tear gas
It got our men
We are all back in our cells
But every now and then

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Down in cell block number 9

Blues Brothers - Blues Brothers Complete

May 1996

1. 'b' Movie Box Car Blues
2. (I Got Every Thing I Need) Almost
3. Closing: I Can't Turn You Loose
4. Do You Love Me
5. Everybody Needs Somebody To Love
6. Excusez Moi Mon Cherie
7. Expressway to Your Heart
8. Flip Flop And Fly
9. From The Bottom
10. Gimme Some Lovin'
11. Going Back To Miami
12. Green Onions
13. Groove Me
14. Guilty
15. Hey Bartender
16. I Ain't Got You
17. I Don't Know
18. Jailhouse Rock
19. Messin' With The Kid
20. Minnie The Moocher
21. Old Landmark
22. Opening: I Can't Turn You Loose
23. Perry Mason Theme
24. Peter Gunn Theme
25. Riot in Cell Block Number Nine
26. Rubber Biscuit
27. Shake a Tail Feather
28. She Caught The Katy
29. Shot Gun Blues
30. Soul Finger
31. Soul Man
32. Sweet Home Chicago
33. Theme From Rawhide
34. Think
35. Who's Making Love