The Blues Brothers Riot In Cell Block #9 lyrics

Was December the 6th, 1983
I was doin' time, oh for armed robbery
'Bout four in the morning
I was sittin' in my cell
I heard a 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
Up in cell block number nine

The 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"
Scarface Jones said, "It's too late to quit
Pass the dynamite, don't you give me any shit"

There's a riot goin' on

There's a riot goin' on
There's a riot goin' on
Up in cell block number nine

The forty-seventh hour
The nerve gas got our men
We're 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
Up in cell block number nine

Up in cell block number nine
Up in cell block number nine