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[liz]
Pop
[annie]
Six
[june]
Squish
[hunyak]
Uh uh
[velma]
Cicero
[mona]
Lipschitz!
And now, the six merry murderesses of the Cook County Jail in their rendition of the Cell Block Tango
[liz]
Pop
[annie]
Six
[june]
Squish
[hunyak]
Uh uh
[velma]
Cicero
[mona]
Lipschitz!
[liz]
Pop
[annie]
Six
[june]
Squish
[hunyak]
Uh uh
[velma]
Cicero
[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
[velma]
Cicero
[mona]
Lipschitz!
[LIZ (Spoken)]
You know how people
Have these little habits
That get you down. Like Bernie
Bernie you like to chew gum
No, not chew. POP
So I came home this one day
And I'm really irritated
I'm looking for a little sympathy
And there'e Bernie lyin'
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
[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, after he came home from work
I fixed him his drink as usual
You know, some guys just can't hold
Their arsenic
[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 seen it
I betcha you would
Have done the same
He had it coming
He had it coming
He only had himself
To blame
If you'd have been there
If yo'd have seen it
I betcha you would
Have done the same!
[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
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 on screamin'
"you been screwin the milkman."
And then he ran into my knife
He ran into my knife ten times!
[girls]
Pop,Six
Squish,Uh-uh
Cicero,Lipschitz
Pop, Six
Squish,Uh-uh
Cicero,Lipschitz
Pop,Six
Squish,Uh-uh
Cicero,Lipschitz
[all]
If you'd have been there
If you'd have seen it
I betcha you would have done the same!
[HUNYAK (Spoken)]
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...
[JUNE (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 round 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 are down at the Hotel Cicero
The three of us, boozin'
Havin' a few laughs and
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
[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 seen it tricks in a row
One,two,three
I betcha
You would
Have done
The same!
He had
It coming
He had it coming...
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
How could you tell me
That I was wrong?
[mona]
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 could say we broke up
Because of artistic differences
He saw himself as alive
And I saw him dead
[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 seen it
I betcha
You would
Have done
The same!
[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
[velma]
Cicero
[mona]
Lipschitz!
VELMA = Catherine Zeta-Jones
LIZ = Susan Misner
JUNE = Deirdre Goodwin
ANNIE = Denise Faye
HUNYAK = Ekaterina Chtchelkanova
MONA = Mia Harris

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