Merle Haggard - Jailhouse Rock lyrics

[Verse 1] The warden threw a party in the county jail The prison band was there 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] [Verse 3] No. 47 said to No. 3 You're sure 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] [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 Ain't find a partner use a wooden chair [Chorus] [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 wanna stick around a while and get my kicks [Chorus]