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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Robins
Performer
Mike Stoller
Piano
Ralph Hamilton
Bass Guitar
Jesse Sailes
Drums
Barney Kessel
Guitar
Gil Bernal
Tenor Saxophone
The Coasters
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
JERRY LEIBER
Songwriter
Mike Stoller
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
JERRY LEIBER
Producer
Mike Stoller
Producer
Leiber, Stoller
Producer
Lyrics
On July the second, 1953
I was servin' time for armed robbery
At four o'clock in the mornin', I was sleepin' 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
Up in cell block number 9
The trouble started in cell block number 4
And spread like fire across the prison floor
I said, "Okay boys, get ready to run
Here come 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 9
The warden said come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot, you all gonna get the chair
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
Up in cell block number 9
In the forty-seventh hour the tear 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 9
Writer(s): Mike Stoller, Jerry Leiber
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