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' pass 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