cell block tango
josephine robinson, clarissa tremblay, claire wyatt, emilia valderez, selene moore and freya boe

{JOSEPHINE}

pop

{CLARISSA}

six

{CLAIRE}

squish

{EMILIA}

uh-uh

{SELENE}

Cicero

{FREYA}

Nathan

{CHAR & BEE}

and now the six merry murderesses of cook county jail
in their rendition of the cell block tango

{JOSEPHINE}

pop

{CLARISSA}

six

{CLAIRE}

squish

{EMILIA}

uh-uh

{SELENE}

Cicero

{FREYA}

Nathan

{JOSEPHINE}

pop

{CLARISSA}

six

{CLAIRE}

squish

{EMILIA}

uh-uh

{SELENE}

Cicero

{FREYA}

Nathan

{JOSEPHINE}

pop

{CLARISSA}

six

{CLAIRE}

squish

{EMILIA}

uh-uh

{SELENE}

Cicero

{FREYA}

Nathan

{JOSEPHINE}

pop

{CLARISSA}

six

{CLAIRE}

squish

{EMILIA}

uh-uh

{SELENE}

Cicero

{FREYA}

Nathan

{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
I bet that you would have done the same

{JOSEPHINE}

pop

{CLARISSA}

six

{CLAIRE}

squish

{EMILIA}

uh-uh

{SELENE}

Cicero

{FREYA}

Nathan

{JOSEPHINE}

pop

{CLARISSA}

six

{CLAIRE}

squish

{EMILIA}

uh-uh

{SELENE}

Cicero

{FREYA}

Nathan

{JOSEPHINE}

you know how people have these little habits that get you down
like Chris
Chris, he liked to chew gum
no, not chew
pop
so I came home one day and I'm really irritated and I'm looking for a little bit of sympathy
and there's Chris, lying on the couch, drinking a beer and chewing
no, not chewing
popping
so I said to him "you pop that gum one more time"
and he did
so I took the shotgun off the wall and fired two warning shots
into his head

{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 heard it
I bet that you would have done the same

{CLARISSA}

I met Eddie Blackwood from Mary's Field, Virginia several 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 manwhores, y'know?
so that night when he came home from work, I fixed him his drink, as usual
y'know some guys just can't hold their arsenic

{ALL}

he had it coming
(pop, six, squish)
he had it coming
(Cicero, Nathan)
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, Cicero, Nathan)

{CLAIRE}

now I'm standing in the kitchen, carving up the chicken for dinner
minding my own business
in storms my husband, Theodore, in a jealous rage
"you've been screwing the milkman!" he says
he was crazy and he kept on screaming
"you've been screwing the milk man!"
and he ran into my knife
he ran into my knife ten times

{ALL}

if you'd have been there
if you'd have seen it
I bet that you would have done the same

{EMILIA}

¿cómo me encontré aquí?
dicen que mi famoso amante sujetó a mi marido y le corté la cabeza
pero no es verdad
soy inocente
no sé por qué el tío Sam dice que lo hice
traté de explicar en la comisaría pero no entendieron

{FREYA}

yeah, but did you do it?

{EMILIA}

uh-uh
not guilty!

(he had it coming)

{SELENE}

my sister, Eos, and I had this double act and my boyfriend, Dustin, traveled around with us
now, for the last number in our act, we did these twenty 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're down at the hotel Cicero
the three of us boozing, having a few laughs
and we run out of ice so I get to get some
I come back, open the door
and there's Eos and Dustin 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

{JOSEPHINE, CLARISSA, CLAIRE, EMILIA & FREYA}

they had it coming

{SELENE}

they had it coming

{JOSEPHINE, CLARISSA, CLAIRE, EMILIA & FREYA}

they had it coming
they had it coming all along

{SELENE}

I didn't do it

{JOSEPHINE, CLARISSA, CLAIRE, EMILIA & FREYA}

she didn't do it

{SELENE}

but if I'd done it

{JOSEPHINE, CLARISSA, CLAIRE, EMILIA & FREYA}

but if she'd done it

{SELENE}

how could you tell me that I was wrong?
they had it coming

{JOSEPHINE, CLARISSA, CLAIRE, EMILIA & FREYA}

they had it coming

{SELENE}

they had it coming

{JOSEPHINE, CLARISSA, CLAIRE, EMILIA & FREYA}

he took a flower in it prime

{SELENE}

I didn't do it

{JOSEPHINE, CLARISSA, CLAIRE, EMILIA & FREYA}

and then he used it

{SELENE}

but if I'd done it
how could you tell me that I was wrong

{FREYA}

I loved Nathan Blackwood more than I could 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 along 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

{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?

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 bet that you would have done the same

(you pop that gum one more time)
(single my ass)
(ten times)
(no sé por qué el tío Sam me metió en la cárcel)
(number seventeen the spread eagle)
(artistic differences)

{JOSEPHINE}

pop

{CLARISSA}

six

{CLAIRE}

squish

{EMILIA}

uh-uh

{SELENE}

Cicero

{FREYA}

Nathan