warden threw a party
in the county jail.
The prison band was there
and they began to wail
The band was jumpin'
and the joint began to swing
You should've heard those
knocked out jailbirds sing
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Spider Murphy played
the tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin'
on the slide trombone.
The drummer boy from Illinois
went crash, boom, bang,
the whole rhythm
section was the Purple Gang.
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
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
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Run, run, run, run
The sad sack was a sittin' on a
block of stone
way over in the corner
weepin' all alone.
The warden said,
Hey, buddy, don't you be no square
If you can't find a
partner use a wooden chair
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell
block was dancin' to the
Jailhouse Rock
Shifty Henry said to Bugs,
For Heaven's sake,
no one's lookin', now's our
chance to make a break
Bugsy turned to Shifty
and he said, Nix nix,
I wanna stick around a
while and get my kicks
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
warden threw a party
in the county jail.
The prison band was there
and they began to wail
The band was jumpin'
and the joint began to swing
You should've heard those
knocked out jailbirds sing
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Spider Murphy played
the tenor saxophone,
Little Joe was blowin'
on the slide trombone.
The drummer boy from Illinois
went crash, boom, bang,
the whole rhythm
section was the Purple Gang.
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
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
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
Run, run, run, run
The sad sack was a sittin' on a
block of stone
way over in the corner
weepin' all alone.
The warden said,
Hey, buddy, don't you be no square
If you can't find a
partner use a wooden chair
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell
block was dancin' to the
Jailhouse Rock
Shifty Henry said to Bugs,
For Heaven's sake,
no one's lookin', now's our
chance to make a break
Bugsy turned to Shifty
and he said, Nix nix,
I wanna stick around a
while and get my kicks
Let's rock Everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock
dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock