It's rough
It's wicked and rough
It's hard

Pentonville rough
It's tough
It's wicked and rough

It's hard
Pentonville rough


Now in Pentonville there's all type of nation
Russian, Columbian and Jamaican
Latvian, Croatian and a Polishman

Indian, Chinaman down from Vietnam
And from the Carribbean an Jamaican
Poorly paid people formed the Irish gang

And the Scottish and the Englishman

They're rough

Pentonville tough
It's hard
Wicked and rough

Yeah rough
Pentonville tough
It's hard

Wicked and rough now

Everyday, it's the same

People can't get better
No they can't get tamed
And black up the heads of the sick and the lame

Some men jump out of their brains
Cause they can't take the pressure
Or the shame or the pain

When they see the life, it go down the drain
In Pentonville it's a different ball game


It's rough
Pentonville tough
It's hard

Wicked and rough
Yeah rough
Pentonville tough

It's hard
Wicked and rough now




Lying on my lumpy mattress

Lying on my back
Staring up at the ceiling
Counting all the cracks

And what's happening behind me
Look over my shoulder back
Bill Cole got my breakfast pack

He won't give it back
Ooooooooooh


It's rough
Pentonville tough
It's hard

Wicked and rough
Yeah rough
Pentonville tough

It's hard
Wicked and rough now


Everyday, it's the same
People can't get better
No they can't get tamed

And black up the heads of the sick and the lame
Some men jump out of their brains
Cause they can't take the pressure

Or the shame or the pain
When they see the life, it go down the drain
In Pentonville it's a different ball game


So A wing, B wing, C wing and G Wing
Come help us sing
A wing, B wing, C wing and G Wing
Come help us sing


Because it's rough
Pentonville tough
It's hard
Wicked and rough

Yeah tough
Pentonville rough
It's hard
Wicked and rough