Cell Block Tango
Macy Gray Lyrics

And now the six merry murderesses of the Crookem County Jail
Introducing the six female murderers from the Crookem County Jail who will now perform the 'Cell Block Tango'.

Pop! Six! Squish! Uh uh, Cicero, Lipschitz!
Sounds made by the female murderers while narrating their stories of murder and revenge. Cicero and Lipschitz are the names of the murderers whose stories are told in the song.

He had it coming, he had it coming
Each of the murderers claim that their victim deserved to die as they had wronged or hurt them in some way.

He only had himself to blame
The murderers believe that their victims were responsible for their own deaths as they brought it upon themselves through their actions.

If you'd have been there, if you'd have seen it I betcha you would have done the same
The murderers defend their actions by saying that anyone in their place would have done the same thing if they were in a similar situation.

You know how people have these little habits That get you down like Ernie Ernie like to chew gum, no, not chew, Pop
A female murderer recounts how her ex-boyfriend's habit of popping gum annoyed her, leading her to shoot him multiple times with a shotgun.

So, I said to him, I said "Ernie, 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
The female murderer asks her ex-boyfriend to stop popping his gum, but when he repeats the action, she shoots him in the head with a shotgun.

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
A female murderer talks about how she fell in love with a man who had lied to her about being single, but was actually married with six wives.

Not only was he married, well, he had six wives One of those Mormons, you know So that night, when he came home I fixed him his drink as usual
The female murderer reveals that her lover was a Mormon and married to six women. She then poisons him with arsenic when he returns home from work one night.

You know, some guys just can't hold their arsenic He took a flower in its prime And then he used it and he abused it It was a murder but not a crime
The murderer reflects on how her lover, who couldn't handle poison, unwittingly consumed it and died after she served him a drink that contained arsenic.

Now, I'm standing in the kitchen Carvin' up the chicken for dinner And in storms my husband Wilbrin in a jealous rage "You been screwin' the milkman"
A female murderer talks about how her husband accused her of having an affair with the milkman while she was carving up a chicken for dinner.

Then he ran into my knife He ran into my knife ten times
The female murderer reveals that her husband, in a fit of jealous rage, ran into a knife she was holding, resulting in him being stabbed ten times and killed.

Mit kersek, en itt? Azt mondjok, hogy a hire 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
The female murderer claims that she is innocent of the crime she has been accused of and doesn't understand why she's been imprisoned. She says she tried to explain her side of the story to the police but they didn't believe her.

Uh uh, not guilty
The female murderer proclaims her innocence and denies any involvement in the crime she's accused of committing.

My sister, Veronica and I had this double act And my husband, Charlie traveled around with us With the last number in our act We did 20 acrobatic tricks in our world One two three four five, splits, spread eagles Flip flops, back flips, one right after the other
A female murderer talks about her act with her sister and husband, in which they performed various acrobatic tricks as the closing number.

Well, this one night we were in Cicero The three of us, we were in this hotel room Boozin' and havin' a few laughs and we ran out of ice So I went out to get some I come back, open the door
The murderer recounts the events of a night spent with her sister and husband at a hotel in Cicero, during which they ran out of ice. She went out to get some and when she returned and opened the door, she found her husband and sister in a compromising position.

There's Veronica and Charlie 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
The murderer discovers her sister and husband in bed together, and in a state of shock, blacked out. When she comes to, she realizes that she has murdered them both.

They had it coming, they had it coming They had it coming all along I didn't do it, in spite if I'd done it How could you tell me that I was wrong?
The female murderer believes that her sister and husband deserved to die as they had betrayed her trust and had been unfaithful. She denies any wrongdoing and believes that she was justified in her revenge.

I loved Alvin Lipschitz, he was a real artistic guy, sensitive, a painter But he was always trying to find himself He go out every night looking for himself And on the way, he found Ruth, Gladys, Rosemary and Irving
A female murderer talks about how she loved her ex-boyfriend Alvin Lipschitz, who was a painter and constantly searching for his true self. She later found out that he had cheated on her with four other women.

I guess you can say we broke up because of artistic differences He saw himself as alive and I saw him dead The dirty bum, bum, bum, bum, bum
The murderer reveals that she broke up with Alvin because of their artistic differences as she saw him as a dead man whereas he saw himself as alive. She refers to him as a 'dirty 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 they tell us that we were wrong?
The murderers believe that their victims had wronged and abused them and deserved to die. They question how their victims could have thought that they were wrong when they had caused so much pain and suffering.