Tango do Presídio

Chicago (Musical)

Prison Tango

Pop!
Six!
Squish!
Uh-huh!
Cicero!
Lipschitz!

And it served him right
And it served him right
'Cause he did it and deserved it
If you saw it
If you lived with him
You'd do way worse than I did

Pop!
Six!
Squish!
Uh-huh!
Cicero!
Lipschitz!

Some people have certain habits
That drive us crazy!
Bernie was like that. He had this thing
For chewing gum, chewing not
Blowing bubbles!
Well, one day I came home all pissed off
Needing some love, attention
And Bernie was there lying on the couch
Drinking beer and chewing gum
Not just chewing, blowing bubbles! So I said
To him: Bernie, if you blow
Just one more bubble!
And he did!
So I grabbed the gun and shot twice
As a warning
At his head!

And it served him right
And it served him right
'Cause he did it and deserved it
If you saw it
If you lived with him
You'd do way worse than I did

I met Ezekiel Young
From Salt Lake City two years ago
He told me he was single
We hit it off from the start
We moved in together. He would
Go to work, come back home
I'd make him a drink, we’d
Have dinner
Oh! It was paradise in a studio
Then I found out: Single, right?
Single my ass!
Not only was he married, no
He had six wives!
He was one of those Mormons, you know?
So that night, I made him a
Drink, like always
But, I don’t know
Some people don’t get along
Too well with hemlock, right?!

And it served him right, pop!
And it served him right, six!
'Cause he did it and deserved it
If you saw it, Squish!
If you lived with him
You'd do worse than I did

I was in the kitchen cleaning a
Chicken for dinner, thinking about
Life, when suddenly, Wilbur
My husband, burst in like a
Maniac having a jealousy fit
You’re sleeping with the milkman!
And he was crazy and kept
Yelling: You’re sleeping with
The milkman! Then he threw himself on
My knife
He threw himself on my knife
Ten times

If you saw it
If you lived with him
You'd do way worse than I did

What am I doing here? They say
That the famous lady caught my husband
And I chopped off his head. But no
It’s not true, I’m innocent
I don’t know why Uncle Sam
Says I did it. I tried to explain at the police station
But they didn’t get it

Yeah, but did you do it or not?
Uh-huh, innocent!

My sister Veronica and I had a
Duo act and my husband Charlie
Traveled with us. At the end of the show
We did twenty acrobatics at once
Number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, double
Eagle’s wing, flip-flop, somersault
One after the other
Well, that night we were
In Cicero, the three of us, in a hotel
Room, drinking and laughing
Together. When suddenly, we ran out
Of ice and I went out to get
More. When I came back, I opened the
Door and caught Veronica and Charlie
Doing number 17
The ‘Eagle’s wing’!

I was in such shock
That I totally blacked out
I don’t remember anything that happened
Only later, when I was washing
The blood off my hands, did I know they had died

And it served them right
And it served them right
They both plotted against me
I did nothing
But if I had
I would’ve been right 'cause he was wrong

And it served him right, pop!
And it served him right, six!
'Cause he did it and deserved it
If you saw it, Squish!
If you lived with him
You'd do worse than I did

I loved Alvin Lipschitz more than
Anything in this world
He was an artist, sensitive, a painter
But he had issues. He was always trying
To find himself. He’d go out every night to
Find his inner self. And on
The way, he ended up finding Maria
Clarisse, Carmen, and Pedro!
I think we broke up over
Artistic differences
He thought he was very much alive
And I thought he was very much dead!

Coward bum-bum-bum-butt
Coward bum-bum-bum-butt

And it served him right
And it served him right
'Cause he did it and deserved it
If you saw it
If you lived with him
You'd do way worse than I did

Just one more bubble!
Single my ass!
Innocent!
Number 17: The Eagle’s Wing!
Artistic differences!

You'd do way worse than I did

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