Cell Block Tango Lyrics

And now the six merry murderesses of the Crookem 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!

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 Burnie. Burnie, he 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 little sympathy
And there's Burnie
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 had 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 butt!
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

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 the chicken for dinner
Minding my own business
In storms my husband Wilbrin in a jealous rage
"You been doin' the milkman!" he says

He was crazy and he kept on screamin'
"You been doin' the milkman"
And then he ran into my knife
He ran into my knife ten times

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?
Could you tell us that we were wrong?

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