Riot In Cell Block #9-Wanda Jackson

[ti:Riot In Cell Block Number Nine] [ar:Wanda Jackson] [al:Vintage Collections] [offset:0] [00:01.63]On July the second, 1953 [00:05.43]I was serving time in Tehachapi [00:09.24]Four o'clock in the morning [00:10.78]I was sleepin' in my cell [00:12.76]I heard a whistle blow [00:14.01]And I heard somebody yell [00:16.28]There's a riot goin' on [00:19.62]There's a riot goin' on [00:21.82] [00:23.37]There's a riot goin' on [00:26.59]Up in cell block number nine [00:31.57]The trouble all started up in cell block #4 [00:35.53]It spread like fire across the prison floor [00:39.45]Warden came in with a big tommy gun [00:43.20]Bang-bang-bang, tryin' to stop our fun [00:46.42]There's a riot goin' on [00:50.10]There's a riot goin' on [00:53.86]There's a riot goin' on [00:56.79]Up in cell block number nine [01:02.35] [01:23.96]The warden said, come out [01:25.72]With your hands up in the air [01:28.01]If you don't stop this riot [01:29.67]You're all gonna get the chair [01:31.87]Two-gun Mathilda said [01:33.77]It's too late to quit [01:35.56]Pass the dynamite Molly [01:37.23]'Cause man, this fuse is lit [01:38.91]There's a riot goin' on [01:42.35]There's a riot goin' on [01:46.08]There's a riot goin' on [01:49.39]Up in cell block number nine [01:54.28]They called the state militia [01:56.12]To help them win the fight [01:58.14]Drove up to the prison [01:59.80]In the middle of the night [02:02.13]Each and every trooper [02:03.62]He looked so tall and fine [02:05.84]All the chicks went crazy [02:07.34]Up in cell block number nine [02:09.10]There's a riot goin' on [02:12.76]There's a riot goin' on [02:16.46]There's a riot goin' on [02:19.43]Up in cell block number nine [02:24.41]