Warden threw a party in the county jail
Prison band was there and they began to wail
Band was jumpin' and the joint began to swing
Should've heard them knocked out jailbirds sing

Let's rock - everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
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
Whole rhythm section was the purple gang
Let's rock, everybody, let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Let's go

Sad sack sitting on a block of stone
Way in the corner weeping all alone
Don't you tell nobody, don't you be no square
Can't find a partner use a wooden chair
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Sad sack sitting on a block of stone
Way in the corner weeping all alone
Don't you tell nobody, don't you be no square
Can't find a partner use a wooden chair
Let's rock, everybody let's rock
Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

(guitar solo)

Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock, everybody
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock, let me hear you

Dancing to the jailhouse rock, let me hear you
(Audience: dancing to the jailhouse rock)
Dancing to the jailhouse rock, come on, the show's all yours
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing (Audience: to the jailhouse rock)
(Audience: dancing to the jailhouse rock) come on
(Audience: dancing to the jailhouse rock)

Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing
(Brian: That's great!)
Dancing
Dancing
Dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing
One more time

Everybody in the whole cell block
Dancing to the jailhouse rock

We go dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
Dancing to the jailhouse rock
We're dancing to the jailhouse rock

Freddie: Thank you, goodnight