Cell Block Tango

Pop

Six

Squish

Uh uh

Cicero

Lipschitz

[00:23.337]

And now (Pop) the six merry (Six)murderesses of the Cook County Jail (Squish)

In their rendition of (Uh uh)

the Cell Block Tango (Cicero, Lipschitz)

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Pop

Six

Squish

Uh uh

Cicero

Lipschitz

Pop

Six

Squish

Uh uh

Cicero

Lipschitz

Pop, Six, Squish, Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz

Pop, Six, Squish, Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz

He had it coming

He had it coming

He only had himself to blame

If you'd have been there

If you'd have seen it

I betcha you would have done the same!

Pop, Six, Squish, Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz

Pop, Six, Squish, Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz

[01:34.916]

You know how people have these little habits that get you down

Like Bernie

Bernie liked to chew gum

No, not chew

POP!

So I came home this one day

And I am really irritated

And I'm looking for a bit of sympathy

And there's Bernie laying on the couch

Drinking a beer and chewing

No, not chewing

Popping!

So I said to him, "you pop that gum one more time"

And he did

So I took the shotgun off the wall

And I fired two warning shots

Into his head

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He had it coming

He had it coming

He only had himself to blame

If you'd have been there

If you'd have heard it

I betcha you would have done the same!

[02:31.803]

I met Ezekiel Young from Salt Lake city about two years ago

And he told me he was single

And we hit it off right away

So, we started living together

He'd go to work, he'd come home

I'd fix him a drink, We'd have dinner

And then I found out

Single, he told me?

Single, my ass

Not only was he married

Oh no

he had six wives

One of those Mormons, do you know

So that night when he came home from work

I fixed him his drink, as usual

You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic

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He had it coming (Pop, Six, Squish)

He had it coming (Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz)

He took a flower (Pop, Six, Squish) in its prime (Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz)

And then he used it (Pop)

And he abused it (Six)

It was a murder (Squish)

But not a crime (Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz)

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Now, I'm standing in the kitchen

Carving up the chicken for dinner

Minding my own business

In storms my husband, Wilbur, in a jealous rage

"You been screwing the milkman." He says

He was crazy

And he kept screaming

"You been screwing the milkman"

And then he ran into my knife

He ran into my knife 10 times

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If you'd have been there

If you'd have seen it

I betcha you would have done the same!

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Mit kersek, en itt zt mondjok

hogy a hires lakem lefogta a ferjemet en meg

lecsaptam a fejet.

De nem igaz, en artatlan vagyok

Nem tudom mert

Mondja uncle Sam hogy en tettem. probaltam

A rendorsegen megmayarazni de nem ertettek meg

Yeah,but you do it?

Uh uh, not guity

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My sister, Veronica and I had this double act

And my husband, Charlie,traveled around with us

Now, for the last number in our act

We did 20 acrobatic tricks in a row

One two three four five, splits, spread eagles, back flips, flip flops

One right after the other

So this one night before the show

We were down at the hotel Cicero

The three of us boozing and having a few laughs And we run out of ice

So I go out to get some

I come back, open the door

And there's Veronica and Charlie doing Number Seventeen

The spread eagle.

Well, I was in such a state of shock

I completely blacked out

I can't remember a thing

It wasn't until later

When I was washing the blood off my hands

I even knew they were dead

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They had it coming (they had it coming)

They had it coming (they had it coming)

They had it coming all along (They had it coming all along)

I didn’t do it (She didn’t do it)

But if I’d done it (But she’d done it)

How could you tell me that I was wrong

They had it coming (they had it coming)

They had it coming (they had it coming)

They had it coming all along (They took a flower in its prime)

I didn’t do it (And then they used it)

But if I’d done it

How could you tell me that I was wrong

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I loved Alvin Lipschitz more than I can possibly say

He was a real artistic guy

Sensitive. A painter.

But he was always trying to find himself

He'd go out every night looking for himself, and on the way

He found Ruth, Gladys, Rosemary, and Irving

I guess you could say we broke up because of artistic differences

He saw himself as alive

And I saw him dead

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The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum

The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum

They had it coming(they had it coming)

They had it coming(they had it coming)

They had it coming all along(They had it coming all along)

And if they used us (And if they used us)

Then they abused us (Then they abused us)

Could you tell us that we were wrong?

He had it coming (He had it coming)

He had it coming (He had it coming)

He only had himself to blame (He only had himself to blame)

If you'd have been there (If you'd have been there )

If you'd have seen it (If you'd have seen it )

I betcha you would have done the same!

(You pop that gum one more time)(Single, my ass)(10 times)

(Number 17. The spread eagle)(Artistic differences)

Pop

Six

Squish

Uh uh

Cicero

Lipschitz