[GIGI] They are not nice, they’re mostly noise They swear like men, they screw like boys I know there’s nothing in their hearts But every time I take one in my arms It starts: The movie in my mind The dream they leave behind A scene I can’t erase And in a strong GI’s embrace…
[“Dreamland” is a club filled with American Marines,] [civilians and south Vietnamese officers. The girls parade] [around and get the crowd to buy raffle tickets:] [the winner of the “beauty contest” will be the prize.] [AMERICANS] The heat is on in Saigon The girls are hotter than hell One of these slits here will be…
[A Friday night in April 1975.] [Backstage at an after-hours club in Saigon.] [Vietnamese bar-girls are getting into costumes.] [GIRLS] One of us will be Miss Saigon [ENGINEER] I spread the word – it’s Miss Saigon [GIGI] Who’s left to screw who hasn’t gone [ENGINEER] Shut up! and get your hot pants on [GIGI] Each…
(Valjean is alone in the shadows, with a bare wooden cross for company) VALJEAN Alone I wait in the shadows I count the hours till I can sleep I dreamed a dream Cosette stood by It made her weep to know I die. Alone at the end of the day Upon this wedding night I…
THENARDIER Ain’t it a laugh Ain’t it a treat? Hob-nobbin’ here Among the elite? Here comes a prince There goes a Jew. This one’s a queer But what can you do? Paris at my feet Paris in the dust And here’s me breaking bread With the upper crust! Beggar at the feast! Master of the…
(Marius and Cosette lead a wedding procession) CHORUS Ring out the bells Upon this day of days! May all the angels Of the Lord above In jubilation Sing their songs of praise! And crown this Blessed time with Peace and love. (The procession becomes a dancing celebration. A waltz is played) MAJOR DOMO The Baron…
(Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he is back at the ABC cafe) MARIUS There’s a grief that can’t be spoken. There’s a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone. Here they talked of revolution. Here it was they lit the flame. Here they sang…
WOMAN ONE Did you see them Going off to fight?WOMAN TWO Children of the barricade Who didn’t last the night? WOMAN THREE Did you see them Lying where they died? Someone used to cradle them And kiss them when they cried. WOMAN FOUR Did you see them lying side by side? WOMAN FIVE Who will…
JAVERT Who is this man? What sort of devil is he? To have me caught in a trap And choose to let me go free? It was his hour at last To put a seal on my fate, Wipe out the past, And wash me clean off the slate. All it would take was a…
(Thenardier is picking through the corpses in the sewers) THENARDIER Here’s a hint of gold Stuck into a tooth Pardon me M’sieur You won’t be needing it no more. Shouldn’t be too hard to sell. Add it to the pile Add it to the stock Here among the sewer rats A breath away from Hell…