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