Текст песни: Riot in Cell Block No.9 + перевод

On July second, 1953,

I was serving time for armed robbery

'Bout four in the morning

I was sleepin' in my cell

I heard a whistle blow

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 trouble started in cell block number four

It spread like fire across the prison floor

I said «Come on boys, get ready to run —

Here comes the warden with a tommy gun»

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 (or: You gonna start a riot ???)

You’re all gonna get the chair»

Scarface Jones said, «It's too late to quit

And 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 Up in cell block number nine

The ninety-second hour

The tear gas got our men

Crawled 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

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