• Riot In Cell Block Number Nine
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    On July 7 1953
    I was serving time for armed robbery
    About three o'clock in the morning I was asleep in my cell
    I heard a whistle blowing, and 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
    That's where [??]
    I said "OK boys, get ready to run
    'Cause here comes the warden with his tommy gun"

    The warden said "Come out with your hands up in the air
    If you don't stop this riot, you're all gonna get the chair"
    Scarface Don said, "It's too late to quit
    So pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit"

    The twenty seventh hour, the tear gas got them in
    We're all back in our cells now, but every now and then

    This was sung by the Beach Boys with the Dead on 27 April 1971

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This was sung by the Beach Boys with the Dead on 27 April 1971

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Stoller
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Lieber
Stoller
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On July 7 1953
I was serving time for armed robbery
About three o'clock in the morning I was asleep in my cell
I heard a whistle blowing, and 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
That's where [??]
I said "OK boys, get ready to run
'Cause here comes the warden with his tommy gun"

The warden said "Come out with your hands up in the air
If you don't stop this riot, you're all gonna get the chair"
Scarface Don said, "It's too late to quit
So pass the dynamite, 'cause the fuse is lit"

The twenty seventh hour, the tear gas got them in
We're all back in our cells now, but every now and then