Lyrics Cell Block Tango - Michael Berresse, Bebe Neuwirth & Chicago Ensemble (1996)

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!