Cell Block Tango

Chicago The Musical: Cell Block Tango

And now the 6 marry murderesses of the cook county
jail in their rendition of the cell block tango

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) Cicero (smoke puffs)Lipschitz!

He had it coming He had it coming He only had himself to blame If you'd have been thereIf you'd have seen it I betcha you would have done the same!

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) Cicero (smoke puffs) 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 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.

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. 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.

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, 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.."

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

Mit keresek, �n itt? Azt mondj�k,
hogy a h�res lakem lefogta a f�rjemet �n meg
lecsaptam a fej�t. De nem igaz, �n �rtatlan
vagyok. Nem tudom mi�rt mondja
Uncle Sam, hogy �n tettem. Prob�ltam
a rend�rs�gen megmagyar�zni de nem �rtett�k 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 one two three four,five...splits, spread eagles, back flips,flip flops, one right after the other. Well, this one night we were in the hotel Cicero, the three of us, boozin' and havin' a few laughs when we run 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?

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 But if I'd done it
And then they used it And they abused it
How could you tell me That I was wrong?
It was a murder 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 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.

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.

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh Uh (squeezing necklace) Cicero (smoke puffs) Lipschitz!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Cell
• Block
• Tango

[AwesomestBlahBlah]

It's MERRY murderesses not MARRY murderesses, Faeryunknow

[Faeryunknow]

@AwesomestBlahBlah

I copy/pasted the lyrics and I didn't pay attention to such little errors.

Thank you for not attacking me for every little typo...

[Bambiey]

The Translation

"What am doing here? They say my famous lover held down my husband while

I chopped off his head. But it isn't true, I am innocent. I don't know why Uncle

Sam says I did it. I tried to explain it at the police station but they didn't

understand me."

[astrangeone]

@ShadowDeath489 Yep, all of the girls in the movie version had red hankerchiefs coming out of their boyfriends/husbands - and they are aggressively dancing with them. The hungarian woman doesn't push her husband around, and she pulls out a white hankerchief.

[missunwonted7]

This song kicks butt! Awesome chick song!

[Nick98PS3]

@AwesomestBlahBlah who cares mate. just enjoy the show :D

[OiOBlinkingOwl]

@THeiNViZaBLeNiNJa They must feel terrible, I've done that once. *nods head in solemn sympathy"

[mememefinally]

@Squisidee Yes, these women are not supposed to be taken as rolemodels. That's sort of the point.

[ShadowDeath489]

The Hungarian woman had several references indicating she was innocent, most notably for non Hungarian and Russian speakers the fact that she used a white bandanna instead of a red one during the song. It's a sad case of going to execution just because you can't speak English. Very unfortunate.

[harajukudude]

Magic!

[umbreonespeont6]

I jokingly told my boyfriend not to turn into a six-wived Mormon or I'd put arsenic in his beer. This was his reaction: O_O'

[Squisidee]

she killed him for popping gum? arson, murder and jaywalking anyone?

I mean cheating isnt worth killing for either, but gum?

[capitanzach]

What an exciting time to have been alive.