Jailhouse Rock

The warden threw a party in the county jail The prison band was there and they began to wail The band was jumping and the joint began to swing You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing Chorus Let's rock, everybody, let's rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Verse 2 Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone Little Joe was blowing on the slide trombone The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang Chorus Let's rock, everybody, let's rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Verse 3 Number forty-seven said to number three You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see I sure would be delighted with your company Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me Chorus Let's rock, everybody, let's rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Verse 4 The sad sack was a sitting on a block of stone Way over in the corner weeping all alone The warden said, Hey, buddy, don't you be no square If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair Chorus Let's rock, everybody, let's rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Verse 5 Shifty Henry said to Bugs, For Heaven's sake No one's looking, now's our chance to make a break Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, Nix nix I want to stick around a while and get my kicks. Chorus Let's rock, everybody, let's rock Everybody in the whole cell block Was dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Outro Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock Dancing to the Jailhouse Rock