[ti:Jailhouse Rock]
[ar:Elvis Presley]
[al:Elv1s 30 #1 Hits]
[by:van]
[offset:500]
[00:00.00]Elvis Presley - Jailhouse Rock
(words & music by Jerry Leiber - Mike Stoller)
[00:05.10]
[00:07.10]The warden threw a party in the county jail.
[00:09.75]The prison band was there and they began to wail.
[00:12.50]The band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing.
[00:15.29]You should've heard those knocked out jailbirds sing.
[00:18.01]Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
[00:23.68]Everybody in the whole cell block
[00:26.69]Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
[00:28.92]
[00:29.76]Spider Murphy played the tenor saxophone,
[00:32.47]Little Joe was blowin' on the slide trombone.
[00:35.32]The drummer boy from Illinois went crash, boom, bang,
[00:38.21]The whole rhythm section was the Purple Gang.
[00:40.78]Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
[00:46.55]Everybody in the whole cell block
[00:49.66]Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
[00:51.86]
[00:52.69]Number forty-seven said to number three:
[00:55.16]"You're the cutest jailbird I ever did see.
[00:58.31]I sure would be delighted with your company,
[01:00.92]Come on and do the Jailhouse Rock with me."
[01:03.59]Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
[01:09.32]Everybody in the whole cell block
[01:12.47]Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
[01:14.40]
[01:26.95]The sad sack was a sittin' on a block of stone
[01:29.58]Way over in the corner weepin' all alone.
[01:32.33]The warden said, "Hey, buddy, don't you be no square.
[01:35.19]If you can't find a partner use a wooden chair."
[01:37.76]Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
[01:43.64]Everybody in the whole cell block
[01:46.63]Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
[01:49.24]
[01:49.65]Shifty Henry said to Bugs, "For Heaven's sake,
[01:52.29]No one's lookin', now's our chance to make a break."
[01:55.17]Bugsy turned to Shifty and he said, "Nix nix,
[01:57.96]I wanna stick around a while and get my kicks."
[02:00.67]Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
[02:06.05]Everybody in the whole cell block
[02:09.51]Was dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock.
[02:11.76]
[02:12.73]Dancin' to the Jailhouse Rock...
[02:32.27]
[02:33.42]
[02:34.06]END
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