Riot in Cell Block #9-Robins

[ti:Riot in Cell Block #9] [ar:Robins] [al:Chain Gang, Songs About Jails and Prisoners] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Riot in Cell Block #9 - Robins [00:06.00]On July the second 1953 [00:11.35]I was serving time for armed robbery [00:16.55]At four o'clock in the morning [00:18.51]I was sleepin' in my cell [00:21.77]I heard a whistle blow [00:23.72]Then I heard somebody yell [00:26.04]There's a riot goin' on [00:31.76]There's a riot goin' on [00:36.96]There's a riot goin' on [00:40.71]Up in cell block number nine [00:48.58]The trouble started in cell block no 4 [00:53.93]It spread like fire across the prison floor [00:59.23]I said ok boys get ready to run [01:04.54]Here comes the warden with a tommy gun [01:08.67]There's a riot goin' on [01:14.36]There's a riot goin' on [01:19.72]There's a riot goin' on [01:23.50]Up in cell block number nine [01:31.52]The warden said [01:32.62]Come out with your hands up in the air [01:36.68]If you don't stop this riot [01:38.75]You're all gonna get the chair [01:41.94]Scarface jones said it's too late to quit [01:47.32]Pass the dynamite 'cause the fuse is lit [01:51.90]There's a riot goin' on [01:56.99]There's a riot goin' on [02:02.28]There's a riot goin' on [02:05.96]Up in cell block number nine [02:13.99]In the forty-seven hour [02:15.83]The tear gas got our men [02:19.24]Crawled back in our cells [02:21.38]But every now and then [02:24.06]There's a riot goin' on [02:29.05]There's a riot goin' on [02:34.41]There's a riot goin' on [02:38.18]Up in cell block number nine