Cell Block Tango (Cut Version) lyrics

[MERCEDES, spoken]
"And now, the six merry murderesses
Of the Cook County Jail
In their rendition of
The Cell Block Tango

[BRITTANY]
Uh uh!

[TINA]
Pop!

[SUGAR]
Six!

[BRITTANY]
Squish!

[SUGAR]
Uh uh!

[SANTANA]
Cicero!

[SUGAR]
Lipschitz!
[TINA]
Pop!

[SUGAR]
Six!

[BRITTANY]
Squish!

[SUGAR]
Uh uh!

[SANTANA]
Cicero!

[SUGAR]
Lipschitz!

[TINA]
Pop!

[SUGAR]
Six!

[BRITTANY]
Squish!
[SUGAR]
Uh uh!

[SANTANA]
Cicero!

[SUGAR]
Lipschitz!

[TINA]
Pop!

[SUGAR]
Six!

[BRITTANY]
Squish!

[SUGAR]
Uh uh!

[SANTANA]
Cicero!

[SUGAR]
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

[SANTANA]
I betcha you would have done the same

[TINA, 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 come home this one day and I'm really irritated and looking for a little sympathy, and there's Bernie. Lying' on the couch, drinking a beer and chewing. No, not chewing, POPPING!
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!
[SATANA, BRITTANY and SUGAR]
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!


[ALL]
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!

[Santana, spoken]
Now, I'm standing in the kitchen carving up the chicken for dinner, minding my own business, and in storms my husband Wilbrin in a jealous rage
"You been screwing the milkman!" he says. He was crazy, and he kept on screaming, "You been screwing the milkman!"
Then he ran into my knife
He ran into my knife ten. Times

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

They had it coming, they had it coming
They had it coming 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?