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Artist: American Idol
Canonical path: /american-idol/jailhouse-rock
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Jailhouse Rock
Read Jailhouse Rock lyrics by American Idol on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Jailhouse Rock
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The 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 dancing to the jailhouse rock.
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.
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 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."
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock.
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
Dancin' to the jailhouse rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Was dancing to the jailhouse rock.
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