Chicago (Related Recordings) - Cell Block Tango Lyrics

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[LIZ] 
Pop! 

[ANNIE] 
Six! 

[JUNE] 
Squish! 

[HUNYAK] 
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) 

[VELMA] 
Cicero (Smoke puffs) 

[MONA] 
Lipschitz! 

[ANNOUNCER]
And now the 6 merry murderesses of the Cook County 
Jail in their rendition of the cell block tango 

[LIZ] 
Pop! 

[ANNIE] 
Six! 

[JUNE] 
Squish! 

[HUNYAK] 
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) 

[VELMA] 
Cicero (smoke puffs) 

[MONA] 
Lipschitz! 

[LIZ] 
Pop! 

[ANNIE] 
Six! 

[JUNE] 
Squish! 

[HUNYAK] 
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) 

[VELMA] 
Cicero (smoke puffs) 

[MONA] 
Lipschitz! 

[LIZ] 
Pop! 

[ANNIE] 
Six! 

[JUNE] 
Squish! 

[HUNYAK] 
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) 

[VELMA] 
Cicero (smoke puffs) 

[MONA] 
Lipschitz! 

[LIZ] 
Pop! 

[ANNIE] 
Six! 

[JUNE] 
Squish! 

[HUNYAK] 
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) 

[VELMA] 
Cicero (smoke puffs) 

[MONA] 
Lipschitz! 

[ALL] 
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 

[VELMA] 
I betcha you would have done the same! 

[LIZ] 
Pop! 

[ANNIE] 
Six! 

[JUNE] 
Squish! 

[HUNYAK] 
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace 

[VELMA] 
Cicero (smoke puffs) 

[MONA] 
Lipschitz! 

[LIZ (Spoken)] 
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'm really irritated, and I'm 
looking for a 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. 

[GIRLS] 
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! 

[ANNIE (Spoken)] 
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 from work, I fixed him 
his drink as usual. 
You know, some guys just can't hold 
their arsenic. 

[LIZ,ANNIE,JUNE,MONA] 
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! 

[VELMA AND HUNYAK] 
Pop, six, squish, uh-uh 
Cicero, Lipschitz 

[JUNE (Spoken)] 
Now, I'm standing in the kitchen 
minding my own business, 
carvin' up the chicken for dinner, 
and 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! 

[ALL] 
If you'd have been there 
If you'd have seen it 
I betcha you would have done the same! 

[HUNYAK (Spoken)] 
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 rendõrségen megmagyarázni de nem értették meg... 

[ROXIE (Spoken)] 
Yeah, but did you do it? 

[HUNYAK] 
UH UH, not guilty! 

[VELMA] 
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. 
Well, this one night before the show, we were down in the hotel Cicero, 
the three of us, 
boozin' and 
havin' a few laughs and 
we ran out of ice. 
So I went 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? 

[VELMA] 
They had it coming 
[GIRLS] 
They had it coming 
[VELMA] 
They had it coming 
[GIRLS] 
They had it coming 
[VELMA] 
They had it coming 
[GIRLS] 
They took a flower 
[VELMA] 
All along 
[GIRLS] 
In its prime 
[VELMA] 
I didn't do it 
[GIRLS] 
And then they used it 
[VELMA] 
But if I'd done it 
[GIRLS] 
And they abused it 
[VELMA] 
How could you tell me 
[GIRLS] 
It was a murder 
[VELMA] 
That I was wrong? 
[GIRLS] 
But not a crime! 

[MONA] 
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 can say we broke 
up because of artistic differences. 
He saw himself as alive 
and I saw him dead. 

[ALL] 
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum 
The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum 

[LIZ,ANNIE,MONA] 
They had it comin' 
[VELMA,JUNE,HUNYAK] 
They had it comin' 
[LIZ,ANNIE,MONA] 
They had it comin' 
[VELMA,JUNE,HUNYAK] 
They had it comin' 
[LIZ,ANNIE,MONA] 
They had it comin' 
[VELMA,JUNE,HUNYAK] 
They had it comin' 
[LIZ,ANNIE,MONA] 
All along 
[VELMA,JUNE,HUNYAK] 
All along 
'Cause if they used us 
'Cause if they used us And they abused us 
And they abused us 
[LIZ,ANNIE,MONA] 
How could you tell us 
[VELMA,JUNE,HUNYAK] 
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! 

[LIZ (Spoken)] 
You pop that gum one more time! 

[ANNIE (spoken)] 
Single my ass. 

[JUNE (Spoken)] 
Ten times! 

[HUNYAK (Spoken)] 
Miert csukott Uncle Same bortonbe. 

[VELMA (Spoken)] 
Number seventeen-the spread eagle. 

[MONA (Spoken)] 
Artistic differences. 
[LIZ] 
Pop! 

[ANNIE] 
Six! 

[JUNE] 
Squish! 

[HUNYAK] 
Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) 

[VELMA] 
Cicero (smoke puffs) 

[MONA] 
Lipschitz!

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lyrics submitted by Bizzy
lyrics corrected by Anna Brekke on 01-04-2005