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Cell Block Tango

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Page type: lyric reference Artist: Glee Canonical path: /glee/cell-block-tango Related lyric paths: 6
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Cell Block Tango

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And now the 6 marry murderesses of the cook county

Jail in their rendition of the cell block tango

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 Bernie

Bernie he like to chew gum

No, not chew, pop

So I came home this one day

And I am really irritated, and

Looking for a little bit 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 dome 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, and we 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 worked, 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

In storms my husband wilbur

In a jealous rage

You been doing the milkman

He says. He was crazy

And he kept on screamin'

You been doing 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'

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

That we were wrong?

How could you tell us

That we were wrong?

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