At 4 : 00 AM on July 2 , 1953 , he wakes up to a rather alarming disturbance : a jail riot .
In this song , a man is serving his sentence in federal prison for armed robbery .
At 4 : 00 AM on July 2 , 1953 , man wakes up to a rather alarming disturbance : a jail riot .
In this song , a man is serving his sentence in federal prison for armed robbery .