Cell Block Tango

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And now, the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail
 In their rendition of the Cell Block Tango!
 ♪
 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!
 You know how people
 Have these little habits
 That get you down. Like Bernie.
 Bernie like to chew gum.
 No, not chew. POP.
 So I came home this one day
 And I am really irritated, and
 Looking for a little sympathy
 And there's Bernie layin'
 On the couch, drinkin' a beer
 And chewin'. No, not chewin'.
 Poppin'. So, I said to him,
 I said, "Bernie, 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.
 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!
 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.
 It was like heaven in two and a half rooms
 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, 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.
 Hah! He had it coming
 He had it coming
 He took a flower
 In its prime
 And then he used it
 And he abused it
 It was a murder
 But not a crime!
 Pop, six, squish, uh-uh
 Cicero, Lipschitz
 Now, I'm standing in the kitchen
 Carvin' up the chicken for dinner,
 Minding my own business,
 In storms my husband Wilbur,
 In a jealous rage.
 "You been screwin' the milkman,"
 He says. He was crazy
 And he kept screamin',
 "You been screwin the milkman."
 And then he ran into my knife.
 He ran into my knife ten times."
 If you'd have been there
 If you'd have seen it
 I betcha you would have done the same!
 Mit keresek, én itt? Azt mondják,
 Hogy a híres lakem lefogta a férjemet én meg
 Lecsaptam a fejét. De nem igaz, én ártatlan
 Vagyok. Nem tudom miért mondja
 Uncle Sam, hogy én tettem. Probáltam
 A rendőrségen megmagyarázni de nem értették meg...
 Yeah, but did you do it?
 UH UH, not guilty!
 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.
 Well, this one night we were in Cicero,
 The three of us, sitting up in a hotel room
 Boozin' and
 Havin' 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.
 They had it coming
 They had it coming
 They had it coming all along
 I didn't do it
 But if I'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
 They took a flower
 All along
 In its prime
 I didn't do it
 And then they used it
 But if I'd done it
 And they abused it
 How could you tell me
 It was a murder
 That I was wrong?
 But not a crime!
 I loved Alvin Lipschitz
 More than I can possibly say.
 He was a real artistic guy...
 Sensitive... a painter.
 But he was troubled
 He was always trying
 To find himself.
 He'd go out every night
 Looking for himself
 And along the way
 He found Ruth,
 Gladys,
 Rosemary and Irving.
 I guess you can say we broke
 Up because of artistic differences.
 He saw himself as alive
 And I saw him dead.
 The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
 The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
 They had it comin'
 They had it comin'
 They had it comin'
 They had it comin'
 They had it comin'
 They had it comin'
 All along
 All along
 'Cause if they used us
 'Cause if they used us And they abused us
 And they abused us
 How could you tell us
 How could you tell us That we were wrong?
 That we were wrong?
 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!
 You pop that gum one more time!
 Single my ass.
 Ten times!
 Miert csukott Uncle Same bortonbe.
 Number seventeen-the spread eagle.
 Artistic differences.
 I betcha you would have done the same!
 

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Duration
06:14
Key
5
Tempo
137 BPM

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