Saigon, 1975
"Sen! Ten sen, ktorý musím nájsť!"
Overture/Backstage Dreamland
GIRLS:
One of us will be Miss Saigon
GIGI:
I swear the world, it´s Miss Saigon
GIGI:
Who´s left in town? Who hasn´t gone?
ENGINEER:
Shut up and got your her-pants on!
MIMI:
Each day more GI´s dissapear
GIGI:
Will we survive when noone´s here?
ENGINEER:
You girls must trust your Engineer!
MIMI:
Shit! Ok, ok
ENGINEER:
I have a surprise for you! Come in! Hey! I found this new girl, from the country, untouched. Get her ready!
GIGI:
Oh, give that virginrat arrest!
GIRLS:
You are my first American
(they laugh)
(the Engineer enters)
ENGINEER:
Allez! Allez! Allez!
Why does it take all day?
Get your asses on stage... I'm raising cash tonight
GIRLS:
One of us will be Miss Saigon
ENGINEER:
They say Saigon has weeks
I say, it´s time to pack
GIRLS:
Tonight I must be Miss Saigon
ENGINEER:
Each night these little bums of yours are worth less and less
I need a visa fast and I´m not looking back
(the Engineer looks through the door into the club.)
ENGINEER:
Son of a bitch, they´re here
I can still engineer
Ah, Mr. Joey, come inside
It's like the old days, my little gamines
GIRLS:
Oh sure!
ENGINEER:
You know who's out here? A gang of marines!
GIRLS:
They're here?
ENGINEER:
We´ll pick them clean, that´s all tonight´s all about
GIRLS:
Bullshit!
ENGINEER:
One of these boys might be all take it out
(turns to Kim)
Get out of that dress!
Ah! It's my new princess
A virgin will give them a dream
Lower your eyelids as you pass
Men pay a lot for virgin ass
Allez! Allez! Allez!
Get out and do your song!
Don't make the show too long
Voila! On stage all! Welcome to...
Dreamland!
The Heat is On in Saigon
AMERICANS:
The heat is on in Saigon
The girls are ready to screw
One of these slits here will be Miss Saigon
And since we're stuck here in hell,
What's a soldier to do
The stink is making me choke
Turns out this war is a joke
Turns out the joke is on you
ENGINEER:
Hey, Mr. Chris, Mr. John
You've come to win Miss Saigon?
JOHN:
I gotta get my friend laid as a last souvenir
CHRIS:
I love you, pal, but your bullshit
I've had up to here
CHRIS, JOHN & ENGINEER:
The heat is on in Saigon
JOHN:
But till they tell us we're gone
I'm gonna buy you a girl!
CHRIS:
You can buy me a beer!
ENGINEER (spoken):
It´s showtime!
From Haiphong to the Mekong Delta, may I present the most beautiful girls in Saigon!
MIMI:
See my bikini, it's just the right size
YVETTE:
Don't you enjoy how it rides up my thighs?
DOMINIQUE:
Look from behind, it'll knock out your eyes
YVONNE
I'll show you my special trophy of war
FIFI:
For a marine, I'll show more
AMERICANS:
You won't get up off the floor
The heat is on in Saigon
Don't tell me I'm reassigned, all that chickenshit sucks
Tonight I'm out of my mind, not to mention ten bucks
ENGINEER (spoken):
Oh, zou all know her as the sextoy from Hanoy. Miss Gigi Van Tranh
GIGI:
If I'm your pin-up, I'll melt all your brass
Stuck in your wall with a pin in my ass
If you get me, you will travel first class
I'll show you, we will make magic, Cheri
ENGINEER:
You buy your tickets from me
The winner gets her for free
CHRIS:
The meat is cheap in Saigon
I used to love getting stoned
Waking up with some whore
I don't know why I went dead
It's not fun anymore
ENGINEER (spoken):
How about something fresh from the country?
Legs un-parted, parts uncharted: Kim
KIM:
I'm seventeen and I'm new here today
The village I come from seems so far away
All of these girls here know much more what to say
But I know, I´m so much more than you see
A million dreams are in me
CHRIS:
Good Jesus, John, who is she?
AMERICANS:
The Cong is tight'ning the noose
Is it a week or a day or an hour that we got?
Tonight could be out last shot, got to put it to use
AMERICANS, GIRLS:
Tonight I bet that you and I will get along
Forget about the threat, forget the Viet Cong
I got a fever babe and you're gonna catch it
I got an itch and baby you're gonna scratch itALL MEN:
Mimi, Gigi, Yvette, or Yvonne
Gonna buy me a beer, here's to you Miss Saigon
ENGINEER (spoken):
Yvonne, Yvette, Fifi, Mimi, Kim, Gigi
(Gigi Wins the Miss Saigon Title)
Attention, s'il vous plait!
By popular demand
Miss Gigi Van Tranh
Is tonight´s Miss Saigon!
AMERICANS:
The heat is on in Saigon
How we get used to the smell
So let's get wasted, get high and get laid
A good-bye party in hell
ENGINEER:
And now, who wins my little pussycat?
Number 66!
JOHN:
Who takes care of you, baby?
GIGI:
You do. But will you take me to America?
JOHN:
No, not now!
GIGI:
Wait! I'll make a good wife!
JOHN:
I said no!
GIGI:
You bastard!
ENGINEER:
Wait, I will take care of this
GIGI:
This is bullshit!
ENGINEER:
Don't fuck with me! It's okay, it's Gigi. She likes it hard, you know. Come on, drink some more, play with girls.
The Movie in My Mind
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 G.I's embrace
Flee this life
Flee this place
The movie plays and plays
I´ll find my true romance
He takes me to a place
Where I don't have to dance
Our children laugh all day
But all that I've been through
Can't make my dream come true
Dream
The dream I long to find
The movie in my mind
KIM:
I will not cry
I will not think
I'll do my dance
I'll make them drink
When I make love
It won't be me
And if they hurt me I'll just close my eyes and see
GIRLS:
(They are not nice they're mostly noise)
KIM:
The movie in my mind
GIRLS:
(They kill like men they die like boys)
KIM:
The dream that fills my head
GIRLS:
(They give they cash, the keep their hearts)
KIM:
A man who will not kill
GIRLS:
(But every night again it starts)
KIM:
He'll fight for me instead
He'll keep the fear at bay
So no-one comes at night
To blow the dream away
Dream, the dream I have to find
The movie in my mind
GIRLS:
And in a strong G.I's embrace
Flee this life, flee this place
KIM:
A world that's far away
Where life is not unkind
The movie in my mind
The Transaction
ENGINEER:
Hey monsieur John, how'd you like to get rich
Go home in style?
JOHN:
Yeah okay, what's the pitch?
ENGINEER:
A U.S. visa to help me get out
Lend me a bit of your embassy clout
JOHN:
There isn't a chance pal, you're too well known
Look, what I want is that girl in the dress
ENGINEER:
You have a good eye
Her name is Kim, she's my new princess
You give her a try?
JOHN:
It's my friend Chris
Who's the one feeling down
MARINE:
I ordered a beer!
ENGINEER:
She'll get him up,
It's her first night in town
But I have to warn you
She don't come cheap
It's got to be twenty for my princess
JOHN:
Twenty dollars??
ENGINEER:
She's sort of a virgin, well more or less
For twenty more you get a room and key
For fifty bucks, she's got the whole night free
MARINES:
No one gives us a buzz
Like the Engineer does
JOHN:
Stop drooling white boy
You're losing your cool
You like this jail bait
CHRIS:
John, open your eyes
This is the end of the line
This whole rotten scene
This little girl, we could be in the sack
And I would take something I can´t give back
John, it's time to go back -
You know what I mean
JOHN:
I'm starting to cry pal
You're so out of touch
The trouble with you is you think too much
Oh
Ol' Dr. John knows what you need alright
I've bought you a present
She yours all night
MARINES:
No one gives you a hit like the Engineer's shit!!
ENGINEER:
My little princess, I was right
You are the biggest score tonight
You caught that sergeant by the nose
You stay with him until he goes
Call him Chris
He'll like that
KIM:
Mr. Chris
ENGINEER:
You said you needed a job
You said you'd turn a trick
You'd better prove it, and quick!
Voila
The Dance
KIM:
My name is Kim
I like you Chris
CHRIS:
Don't talk like that
KIM:
What did I say?
CHRIS:
You shouldn't be here
Just take this and get the hell out of here
ENGINEER:
What's going on?
You don't like her?
CHRIS:
Oh, yes I do
KIM:
I like him too
ENGINEER:
Take her away
KIM:
Take me away
Please, don't say a word
Just come with me
Why, God, Why?
CHRIS:
Why does Saigon never sleep at night?
Why does this girl smell of orange trees?
How can I feel good when nothing's right?
Why is she cool when there is no breeze?
Vietnam, you don't give answers do you friend
Just questions that don't ever end
Why God, why today?
I'm all through here on my way
There's nothing left here that I'll miss
Why send me now a night like this?
Who is the girl in this rusty bed?
Why am I back in a filthy room?
Why is her voice ringing in my head?
Why am I high on her cheap perfume?
Vietnam, hey look, I mean you no offense
But why does nothing here make sense
Why God, show your hand
Why can't one guy understand
I've been with girls who knew much more
I´ve never felt confused before
Why me, what's your plan?
I can't help her, no one can
I want my memories as they were
But now I'll leave remembering her
When I went home before, no one talked of the war
What they knew from TV didn't have a thing to do with me
I went back and re-upped, sure Saigon is corrupt
It felt better to be here driving for the embassy
'Cause here if you can pull a string, a guy like me lives like a king
Just as long as you don't believe anything
Why God, why this face?
Why such beauty in this place?
I want my memories as they were
But now
I'll leave remembering her, just her!
This Money's Yours
CHRIS:
This money's yours
Please take it all
Hey, you want more?
KIM:
No, no, I don't want anything
CHRIS:
Hey, what's wrong with you?
KIM:
I've not done this before
CHRIS:
That can't be true!
KIM:
Why would I lie?
CHRIS:
All the girls lie!
They just want to get out of here
Maybe you're not like that
But I don't know who you are
KIM:
Do you want one more tale of a Vietnam girl?
Want to know I was bound to a man I don't love?
Do you want to be told how my village was burned?
Want to hear how my family was blasted away?
How I ran from the rice field and saw them in flames?
How my parents were bodies whose faces were gone?
I have had my fill of pain
I will not look back again
I would rather die!
CHRIS:
Can I see you tonight?
KIM:
Well, I'll be at the club
Selling "beaucoup amour"
CHRIS:
No, you won't
How would you like...
KIM:
How would I like...?
CHRIS:
How would you like living with me?
It feels good like this
So that's how we should be
So would you like?
KIM:
Yes, I would like!
CHRIS:
Okay, it's set
No more to say
Screw the Engineer
You're the one good thing
That I've found out hereSun and Moon
KIM:
You are sunlight and I moon
Joined by the gods of fortune
Midnight and high noon
Sharing the sky
One and the same, you and I
CHRIS:
You are here like a mystery
I'm from a world that's so different
From all that you are
How in the light of one night
Did we come so far?
KIM:
Outside day starts to dawn
CHRIS:
Your moon still floats on high
KIM:
The birds awake
CHRIS:
The stars shine too
KIM:
My hands still shake
CHRIS:
I reach for you
BOTH:
And we meet in the sky!
KIM:
You are sunlight and I moon
Joined here
Bright'ning the sky
With the flame of love
BOTH:
Made of
Sunlight
Moonlight
KIM:
Tomorrow will be the full moon
I can bring friends to bless our love
With paper dragons and perfume
If you want me to
CHRIS:
Dragons? Sure
The Telephone Song
CHRIS:
John, is that you, buddy? Listen to me
Do I sound diff'rent? How else could I be?
Last night I spent a whole lifetime in paradise.
Hey, tell the CO I'm taking all of my leave
We're gonna play house, oh John, it's like Christmas eve
We have sworn we won't see the sun for forty-eight hours
JOHN:
What are you saying? Are you out of your mind?
All leaves are canceled, you could be left behind
Saigon is falling apart, and you'd better be here
Here is the news, since you've been on the moon
Cities in the boondocks are dropping like flies
Wives and civilians will be shipping out soon
Crowds around the Embassy have tears in their eyes
Thieu has resigned, the new regime may not hold
People at the place think we'll send the marines
We are sending nothing from what I've been told
Buddy, are you there?
Do you know what this means?
Sure! Time to fall in love!
CHRIS:
John, listen fast, you did not get this call
You're the one who bought the girl for me after all
Once you're a friend,
You're a friend through and through
When you are in trouble,
Then I'll cover for you
JOHN:
Not this time, the town's too hot
For one Kongai whore
Ol' buddy, I will not get you killed
CHRIS:
She is no whore, you saw her too
She's really more, like... the April moon
JOHN:
April fuckin' moon!!
CHRIS:
Both her parents died
She was all alone
She was terrified
JOHN:
Sweet as that, and she's an orphan too!
How can a guy fight that?
You got one day, not two
Then be back!
The Deal
ENGINEER:
My friend
We had a deal for Kim, but that's on ice
I'm sorry, sergeant, but I've changed the price
I need a visa from your embassy
You get me that, you'll get the girl for free
CHRIS:
Cut the cr*p, this money's all I got
I don't give visas out.
Is this a deal or not?
You tell me
[Chris draws his revolver and aims at the Engineer]
ENGINEER:
Okay, okay, the money...it will do
Too bad, I had a Rolex watch for you
I'll get my papers in another way
I'll make a rich man of some attache
[Chris leaves]
With little sh*ts like him, you take the bucks and run
He gave me six weeks income, I'll be gone in one
The Wedding Ceremony
GIRLS:
One of us girls is moving on
One girl will get out of Saigon
GIGI:
So look who's really Miss Saigon
GIRLS:
She´ll leave this wasted life behind
GIGI:
She´ll live the movie in my mind
GIRLS:
Look how he bought her a new dress
You did a job on him I guess
KIM:
He simply asked me
I said, "yes"
GIRLS:
Come on, let's bless the new princess
GIRLS:
Dju vui vay
Yu doi my
Dju vui vay
Vao nyay moy
KIM:
Will you who gave me life smile today?
Look with favoring eyes on this man
Show your daughter's heart your forgiveness
And send to us
From your home above
Your blessing on our love
GIRLS & KIM (echoing):
Dju vui vay (dju vui vay)
Yu doi my (yu doi my)
Dju vui vay (dju vui vay)
Vao nyay moy
GIRLS:
Dju vui vay
CHRIS:
It's pretty but what does it mean?
GIRLS:
Yu doi my
KIM:
It's what all the girls sing at weddings
CHRIS:
What?
GIRLS:
Dju vui vay
KIM:
They didn't know what else to sing
GIRLS:
Vao nyay moy
CHRIS:
It's the prettiest thing that I've ever heard
GIGI:
Hey, girls! To Miss Saigon!
GUESTS:
Miss
Saigon!
Thuy's Intervention
THUY:
You're here, at last
I've come to take you home
All night, I ran
I made it through the line
Kim, tell your friends, it's time to go away
This life, it ends
You're safe with me
CHRIS:
This girl is mine!
THUY:
Yours?
CHRIS:
Now
THUY:
You?
BOTH:
Who are you?
KIM:
Stop!
THUY:
Who is this man? This American pig?
Do none of you see what's ahead
Have you gone mad?
These are losers and whores
Who will soon all be gone or be dead
CHRIS:
Get out of here
KIM:
You have no right to be here
I'm not a prize you can claim
We were promised at thirteen
The woman I´ve become is not the same
THUY:
Our parents bound us together, and that is our fate
You knew I'd come back to get you
Why didn't you wait?
KIM:
My parents got themselves killed in the week you changed sides
If there were promises all of them died when they died
THUY:
Kim, leave this man behind
KIM:
Go on! And shoot!
I will not change my mind!
THUY:
You are still mine!
KIM:
Not anymore!
THUY:
You're mine until we die!
Saigon is doomed and so is your GI
CHRIS:
Get the hell out!
THUY:
You broke your father's word this is your curse!
CHRIS:
What a party that was!
KIM:
You're going to leave me now
CHRIS:
Yes, I'm going to leave and take you out with me
Last Night of the World
CHRIS:
In a place that won't let us feel
In a life where nothing seems real
I have found you, I have found you
KIM:
In a world that's moving too fast
In a world where nothing can last
I will hold you, I will hold you
CHRIS:
Our lives will change when tomorow comes
KIM:
Tonight our hearts drowned the distant drums
CHRIS:
And we have music go right sharing the night
A song, played on a solo saxophone
A crazy sound
KIM:
A lonely sound
BOTH:
A cry that tells us love goes on and on
Played on a solo saxophone
It's telling me to hold you tight
And dance like it's the last night of the world
CHRIS:
On another side of the earth
There's a place where life still has worth
I will take you
KIM:
I'll go with you
CHRIS:
You won't believe all the things you see
I know cause you see them all with me
BOTH:
If we're together that's when we'll hear it again
A song, played on a solo saxophone,
A crazy sound, a lonely sound
A cry that tells us love goes on and on
Played on a solo saxophone
It's telling me to hold you tight
And dance like it's the last night of the world
KIM:
Dreams were all I ever knew
CHRIS:
Dreams we won't need when I´m through
BOTH:
Anywhere we may be I will still with you
A song...
So stay with me, and hold me tight
And dance like it's the last night of the world!