"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"...

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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 seen it
I betcha you would have done the same!

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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'm really irritated, and I'm looking for a little bit of 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, "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 dome 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. 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, I fixed him his drink as usual. You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic.

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!

Now, I'm standing in the kitchen, carvin' up a 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 on 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 kersek, en itt? Azt 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 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 these 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're down at the hotel Cicero. The three of us, boozin', havin' a few laughs, and we ran 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 done it
How could you tell me that I was wrong?

They had it coming
They had it coming
They had it coming all along
I didn't do it
But if I done it
How could you tell me that I was wrong?

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!

I loved Al 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.

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' all along
'Cause if they used us
And they abused us
How could you tell us that we were wrong?

They had it comin'
They had it comin'
They had it comin' all along
'Cause if they used us
And they abused us
How could you tell us 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.

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