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 shoulda 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 joey 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 dancing to the jailhouse rock number forty seven said to number three you 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 dancing to the jailhouse rock rock rock rock sad sack was 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 you can t find a partner use a wooden chair  let s rock everybody let s rock everybody in the whole cell block was dancing 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 dancing to the jailhouse rock dancing to the jailhouse rock dancing to the jailhouse rock dancing to the jailhouse rock23