♪ One of us will be Miss Saigon ♪
♪ I spread the word, ♪ ♪ it's Miss Saigon ♪
♪ - Who's left in town? Who hasn't gone? ♪ ♪ - Shut up and get your hot pants on ♪
♪ - Each day more Gls disappear ♪ ♪ - Will we survive when no-one's here? ♪
♪ - You girls must trust your Engineer ♪ ♪ - Shit! OK, OK! ♪
♪ I have a little surprise for you. ♪ ♪ Come here. Hey! ♪
♪ I found this new girl ♪ ♪ from the country, untouched ♪
♪ Get her ready ♪
♪ I'd give that virgin act a rest ♪
♪ - You are my first American ♪ ♪ - (GIRLS CHATTER INDISTINCTLY) ♪
♪ Allez, allez, allez! ♪ ♪ Why does it take all day? ♪
♪ Get your asses on stage, ♪ ♪ I'm raising cash tonight ♪
♪ One of us will be Miss Saigon ♪
♪ They say Saigon has weeks ♪
♪ - I say it's time to pack ♪ ♪ - Tonight I must be Miss Saigon ♪
♪ Each night these little buns of theirs ♪ ♪ are worth less and less ♪
♪ I need a visa fast ♪ ♪ and I'm not looking back ♪
♪ Son of a bitch, they're here ♪
♪ I can still engineer ♪
♪ Monsieur Joey, please, come inside ♪
♪ It's like the old days, ♪ ♪ my little gamines ♪
♪ - Oh, sure ♪ ♪ - Just look who's in there ♪
♪ - A gang of Marines ♪ ♪ - They're here? ♪
♪ We'll pick 'em clean ♪
♪ - That's what tonight's all about ♪ ♪ - Bullshit! ♪
♪ One of these boys ♪ ♪ might be your ticket out ♪
♪ - Get out of that dress ♪ ♪ - GIRL: Wow. ♪
♪ No, wait ♪
♪ - It's my new princess ♪ ♪ - What? ♪
♪ - Princess? ♪ ♪ - Are you fucking kidding me? ♪
♪ - A virgin will give them a treat ♪ ♪ - (GIRLS SHOUT) ♪
Shut up!
♪ - Lower your eyelids and play sweet ♪ ♪ - (GIRLS COMPLAIN) ♪
♪ Men pay the moon to get fresh meat ♪
♪ - Fresh is only fresh once ♪ ♪ - Allez, allez, allez ♪
♪ Line up and do your song ♪
♪ Don't make the show too long ♪
♪ Voilà! On stage, all ♪
♪ Welcome to Dreamland! ♪
(EXCITED CHATTER)
(MUSIC DROWNS OUT SPEECH)
♪ MARINES: 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 ♪
♪ Hey, Monsieur Chris, Monsieur John, ♪ ♪ a gift ♪
♪ You've come to win Miss Saigon ♪
♪ You brought him ♪
♪ I gotta get my friend laid ♪ ♪ as a last souvenir ♪
♪ I love you, pal, ♪ ♪ but your bullshit I've had up to here ♪
♪ The heat is on in Saigon ♪
♪ But till they tell us we're gone, ♪ ♪ I'm gonna buy you a girl ♪
♪ - You can buy me a beer ♪ ♪ - It's showtime! ♪
(CHEERING)
(MUSIC DROWNS OUT SPEECH)
♪ 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 ♪
♪ MARINES: 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 ♪
♪ You all know her ♪ ♪ as the sex toy from Hanoi. ♪
♪ Miss Gigi Van Tranh. ♪
♪ If I'm your pin-up, ♪ ♪ I'll melt all your brass ♪
♪ Stuck on the wall with a pin in my ass ♪
♪ If you get me, ♪ ♪ you will travel first class ♪
♪ I'll show you, ♪ ♪ we'll make magic, chérie ♪
♪ You buy more tickets from me, ♪ ♪ the winner gets her for free ♪
♪ 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 any more ♪
♪ How about something fresh ♪ ♪ from the country? ♪
♪ Legs unparted, parts uncharted. Kim. ♪
♪ I'm 17 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 ♪
♪ Jesus, John, who is she? ♪
♪ MARINES: ♪ ♪ The Cong is tightening the noose ♪
♪ Is it a week or a day or an hour we got? ♪
♪ Tonight could be our last shot, ♪ ♪ got to put it to use ♪
♪ I've got a fever, babe, ♪ ♪ and you're gonna catch it ♪
♪ I got an itch, ♪ ♪ and, baby, you'd better scratch it ♪
♪ Mimi, Gigi, Yvette or Yvonne ♪
♪ Gonna buy me a beer! ♪ ♪ Here's to you, Miss Saigon ♪
♪ Yvonne! Yvette! ♪
♪ Fifi! Mimi! Kim! ♪
♪ And Gigi! ♪
♪ Attention, s'il vous plait. ♪
♪ By popular demand, Miss Gigi Van Tranh ♪ ♪ is tonight's Miss Saigon. ♪
♪ MARINES: The heat is on in Saigon ♪
♪ How'd we get used to the smell? ♪
♪ So let's get wasted, ♪ ♪ get high and get laid ♪
♪ - Whoo-hoo! ♪ ♪ - A goodbye party in hell ♪
♪ And now, who wins my little pussycat? ♪
♪ Number 66! ♪
♪ Who takes care of you, baby? ♪
♪ You do, but will you take me to America? ♪
♪ Come on. Not right now. Damn! ♪
♪ Hey! I'll make a good wife. ♪
♪ - I said no! ♪ ♪ - You prick! ♪
♪ - Let me take care of this. ♪ ♪ - This is bullshit! ♪
♪ - (ALL YELL) ♪ ♪ - Don't fuck with me. ♪
♪ - It's OK. Gigi, she likes it rough. ♪ ♪ - Crazy, man. ♪
♪ Come on, drink some more. ♪ ♪ Play with the girls. ♪
(Elel SOBS)
♪ 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 Gl'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 ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ They are not nice, ♪ ♪ they're mostly noise ♪
♪ The movie in my mind ♪
♪ They kill like men, ♪ ♪ they die like boys ♪
♪ The dream that fills my head ♪
♪ They give their cash, ♪ ♪ they keep their hearts ♪
♪ A man who will not kill ♪
♪ But every night again it starts ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ - Hey, baby, come here. ♪ ♪ - Hey! ♪
(MARINES SHOUT)
(SHOUTING DROWNS OUT SPEECH)
♪ And in a strong Gl's embrace ♪
♪ Flee this life ♪
♪ Flee this place ♪
♪ A world that's far away ♪
♪ Where life is not unkind ♪
♪ The movie in my mind ♪
♪ (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS) ♪
♪ Allez, allez, get back to work. Now'.! ♪
♪ - Come on, man. ♪ ♪ - Hey, Monsieur John. ♪
♪ How would you like to get rich? ♪ ♪ Go home in style? ♪
♪ - Yeah, OK, what's the pitch? ♪ ♪ - Yeah. ♪
♪ A US visa to help me get out ♪
♪ Lend me a bit of your embassy clout, ♪ ♪ you dig, baby? ♪
♪ There isn't a chance, pal, ♪ ♪ you're too well known ♪
♪ Look, what I want ♪ ♪ is that girl in the dress ♪
♪ You have a good eye, her name is Kim ♪
♪ She's my new princess ♪
♪ You give her a try ♪
♪ My buddy, Chris, ♪ ♪ it's like something just snapped ♪
♪ She's what he needs, ♪ ♪ she's got treasures untapped ♪
♪ But I have to warn you, ♪ ♪ she don't come cheap ♪
♪ I got that covered, my man. ♪
♪ - It's got to be 20 for my princess ♪ ♪ - 20 for this shit? ♪
♪ She's sort of a virgin... ♪ ♪ well, more or less ♪
♪ - You take it. ♪ ♪ - For 20 more you get a room and key ♪
♪ Don't fuck me, man! ♪
♪ For 50 bucks, ♪ ♪ she's got the whole night free ♪
♪ MARINES: No one gives you a buzz ♪ ♪ like the Engineer does ♪
♪ You may share if you like. ♪
♪ Stop drooling, white boy, ♪ ♪ you're losing your cool ♪
♪ - You like this jail bait? ♪ ♪ - John, open your eyes ♪
♪ This is the end of the line, ♪ ♪ this whole rotten scene ♪
♪ She's good, man. What? Come on! ♪
♪ This little girl, ♪ ♪ we could be in the sack ♪
♪ I know, man ♪
♪ And I would take something ♪ ♪ I can't give back ♪
♪ It's time to go home, ♪ ♪ it's time to get clean ♪
♪ (LAUGHS) No, no, no ♪
♪ I'm starting to cry, ♪ ♪ you're so out of touch ♪
♪ The trouble with you ♪ ♪ is you think too much ♪
♪ - Get the fuck off of me! ♪ ♪ - A whore is better than an empty bed ♪
♪ Man, you need some action ♪ ♪ to fill your head ♪
♪ MARINES: Nothing gives you a hit ♪ ♪ like the Engineer's shit ♪
♪ ENGINEER: That's right ♪
♪ Let's get out of here. Let's go! ♪
♪ My little princess, I was right ♪
♪ You are the first to score tonight ♪
♪ You caught that sergeant by the nose ♪
♪ You stay with him until he goes ♪
♪ Call him Chris, he'll like that ♪
♪ - Please, don't ♪ ♪ - You said you needed a job ♪
♪ You said you'd turn a trick ♪
♪ You better prove it, and quick ♪
♪ Monsieur Chris? ♪
♪ Don't worry, she's clean. ♪ ♪ I washed her myself. (LAUGHS) ♪
♪ (GIRL CALLS OUT) ♪
♪ Look at that. Music. ♪
♪ (EXCITED CHATTER) ♪
♪ She's a very good girl. ♪ ♪ I'll give her to somebody else. ♪
♪ - You fuck off. ♪ ♪ - All right, baby. ♪
(SAXOPHONE PLAYS)
♪ ENGINEER: Monsieur John! ♪ ♪ Hit the high note! ♪
♪ My name is Kim ♪
♪ I like you, Chris ♪
♪ - Don't talk like that. ♪ ♪ - What did I say? ♪
♪ You shouldn't be here. ♪
♪ Just take this ♪ ♪ and get the hell out of here. ♪
♪ - Goddamn it. ♪ ♪ - Hey. What's going on? ♪
♪ - You don't like her? ♪ ♪ - Oh, yes, I do ♪
♪ I like him too ♪
♪ Take her away, come on, man ♪
♪ Take me away ♪
♪ Please, don't say a word, ♪ ♪ just come with me ♪
♪ All right, it's time to pay up, ♪ ♪ you horny bastards. ♪
♪ Thank you, Monsieur Tony. ♪
♪ The sooner you pay, the sooner you come, ♪ ♪ and you want to come, right? ♪
♪ Is that mine? Thank you, Tex. ♪ ♪ Enjoy that one. ♪
♪ Hey, Detroit, ♪ ♪ you're forgetting something. ♪
♪ Wash your fingers. ♪
♪ Monsieur John, this one doesn't scratch. ♪ ♪ She bites. (LAUGHS) ♪
♪ Engineer? A touch of class, man. ♪
♪ - I'll smoke this when I get to America. ♪ ♪ - Whatever, man. Got me a lady. ♪
♪ (JOHN LAUGHS) ♪
♪ Sweet dreams, my princess. ♪
♪ (VEHICLE PASSES) ♪
♪ 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 of fence ♪
♪ 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 ♪
(HELICOPTER PASSES OVERHEAD)
(MEN SPEAK INDISTINCTLY)
♪ Get out of my... ♪
♪ Out Of my way! ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Get out of here! ♪
♪ I went back and re-upped, ♪ ♪ sure, Saigon is corrupt ♪
♪ it felt better to be here ♪ ♪ driving for the embassy ♪
♪ Cos here if you can pull a string ♪
♪ A guy like me lives like a king ♪
♪ Just as long as ♪ ♪ you don't believe anything ♪
♪ Shit. ♪
♪ Hey, GI. ♪ ♪ Can you help me get out of here? ♪
♪ - I can't help you. ♪ ♪ - I've got money. ♪
♪ I don't need your money. ♪ ♪ I don't need your money. ♪
(MEN SHOUT OVER EACH OTHER)
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Fuck! ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
♪ This money's yours ♪
♪ Please, take it all ♪
♪ - Hey, you want more? ♪ ♪ - No, no, I don't want anything ♪
♪ - What's wrong with you? ♪ ♪ - I've not done this before ♪
♪ That can't be true ♪
♪ Why would I lie? ♪
♪ Look, 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 ♪
♪ Fuck! ♪
♪ Do you want one more tale ♪ ♪ of a Vietnam girl? ♪
♪ Want to know I was bound ♪ ♪ to a man I don't love? ♪
♪ I'm sorry. ♪
♪ 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 fields ♪ ♪ 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! ♪
(SIGHS)
♪ Can I see you tonight? ♪
♪ Well, I'll be at the club ♪
♪ Selling beaucoup amour ♪
♪ No. No, you won't. ♪
♪ How would you like...? ♪
♪ How would I like...? ♪
♪ How would you like staying with me? ♪
♪ It feels right like this ♪
♪ So that's how we should be ♪
♪ So, would you like? ♪
♪ Yes, I would like ♪
♪ OK, it's set, no more to say ♪
♪ Screw the Engineer! ♪
♪ You're the one good thing ♪ ♪ that I've found out here ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ 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? ♪
♪ Outside, day starts to dawn ♪
♪ Your moon still floats on high ♪
♪ - The birds awake ♪ ♪ - And the stars shine true ♪
♪ - My hands still shake ♪ ♪ - I reach for you ♪
♪ And we meet in the sky ♪
♪ You are sunlight ♪
♪ And I, moon ♪
♪ Joined here ♪
♪ Brightening the sky ♪
♪ With the flame ♪
♪ Of love ♪
♪ We are sunlight ♪
♪ Moonlight ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
(LAUGHS) ♪ Tomorrow night will be the full moon ♪
♪ I can bring friends to bless our love ♪
(CHUCKLES) OK.
♪ With paper dragons and perfume ♪
♪ If you want me to ♪
♪ - Dragons? ♪ ♪ - Yes. ♪
♪ Sure. ♪
♪ John, is that you, buddy? ♪ ♪ Listen to me ♪
♪ Do I sound different? ♪ ♪ That's how it should be ♪
♪ Last night, ♪ ♪ I spent a whole lifetime in paradise ♪
♪ Tell the CO I'm taking all of my leave ♪
♪ We're going to play house, ♪ ♪ John, it's like Christmas Eve ♪
♪ We have sworn ♪ ♪ we won't see the sun for 48 hours ♪
♪ JOHN: What are you saying? ♪ ♪ Are you out of your mind? ♪
♪ All leave is canceled, ♪ ♪ you could be left behind ♪
♪ Saigon is falling apart ♪ ♪ and you'd better be here ♪
♪ MAN: Please have your papers ready! ♪
♪ JOHN: 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 palace ♪ ♪ think we'll send the Marines ♪
♪ We are sending nothing ♪ ♪ from what I've been told ♪
♪ - Buddy, are you there? ♪ ♪ - Yes! ♪
♪ Do you know what that means? ♪ ♪ Sure, time to fall in love! ♪
♪ John, listen fast, ♪ ♪ you did not get this call ♪
♪ You're the one ♪ ♪ who bought the girl for me, after all ♪
♪ Once you are a friend, ♪ ♪ you're a friend through and through ♪
♪ When you were in trouble, man, ♪ ♪ I covered for you ♪
♪ Not this time, ♪ ♪ the town's too hot for one Kongai whore ♪
♪ OI' buddy, I will not get you killed ♪
♪ She is no whore, all right? ♪ ♪ You saw her too ♪
♪ She's really more like... the April moon ♪
♪ - April fucking moon? ♪ ♪ - Both her parents died ♪
♪ She was all alone, she was terrified ♪
♪ Sweet as that and she's an orphan too ♪ ♪ How can a guy fight that? ♪
♪ You've got one day, not two, ♪ ♪ then be back ♪
♪ - Monsieur Chris, you're late. ♪ ♪ - Shit! ♪
♪ What, she kept you up all night? ♪
♪ We had a deal for Kim, but that's on ice ♪
♪ I'm sorry, Sergeant, ♪ ♪ but I've changed the price ♪
♪ What do you mean? ♪
♪ I need a visa from your embassy ♪
♪ Hey? You give me that, ♪ ♪ you get the girl for free ♪
♪ Look, cut the crap, ♪ ♪ this money's all I've got ♪
♪ I don't give visas out, ♪ ♪ is this a deal or not? ♪
♪ - You tell me ♪ ♪ - Ah, shit ♪
♪ - OK, OK, the money, it will do ♪ ♪ - Down ♪
♪ Too bad, I had a Rolex watch for you, ♪ ♪ it's yours, take it. ♪
♪ I'll get my papers in another way. ♪
♪ I'll make a rich man ♪ ♪ of some attaché, you asshole! ♪
♪ With little shits like him, ♪ ♪ you take the bucks and run ♪
♪ He gave me six weeks' income, ♪ ♪ I'll be gone in one ♪
♪ I'll castrate you ♪ ♪ next time I see you, you little fuck. ♪
(WOMEN CHATTER EXCITEDLY)
♪ One of us girls is moving on ♪
♪ One girl will get out of Saigon ♪
♪ So look who's really Miss Saigon ♪
♪ She'll leave this wasted life behind ♪
♪ She'll live the movie in my mind ♪
♪ MAN: They're here! ♪
♪ - Shh! ♪ ♪ - ALL: Surprise! ♪
♪ Look how he bought her a new dress ♪
♪ You did a job on him, I guess ♪
♪ He simply asked me, I said "yes" ♪
♪ GIRL: Yeah, right ♪
♪ Come on, let's bless the new princess ♪
(GIRLS CHATTER)
♪ CHRIS: Yeah, that's me. Get off. ♪
♪ Hey! Shoes off. ♪
♪ Du vui vay ♪
♪ Du doi may ♪
♪ Du vui vay ♪
♪ Vao vgay mai ♪
♪ 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 ♪
♪ Du vui vay ♪
♪ Du doi may ♪
♪ Du vui vay ♪
♪ Vao ngay mai ♪
♪ Du vui vay ♪
♪ It's pretty, but what does it mean? ♪
♪ Du doi may ♪
♪ It's what all the girls sing at weddings ♪
♪ - What? ♪ ♪ - They didn't know what else to sing ♪
♪ Vao ngay mai ♪
♪ It's the prettiest thing ♪ ♪ that I have ever heard ♪
(GIRLS TALK EXCITEDLY)
♪ Hey, girls! ♪
♪ - To Miss Saigon. ♪ ♪ - ALL: Miss Saigon! ♪
♪ You're here, at last ♪
♪ I've come to take you home ♪
♪ I hid all night, ♪ ♪ I tunneled through the line ♪
♪ Kim, come with me, ♪ ♪ we'll flee this shameful place ♪
♪ They're done, we'll win, ♪ ♪ you're safe and you are mine ♪
♪ - Hey! This girl is mine ♪ ♪ - Yours? ♪
♪ - Now who are you? ♪ ♪ - KIM: Stop ♪
♪ Who is this man, this American pig ♪
♪ Who I now find with you in this place? ♪
♪ Why are you here ♪ ♪ with these flea-bitten whores? ♪
♪ Do you wear the same paint on your face? ♪
♪ - Get out! ♪ ♪ - You have no right to be here ♪
♪ I'm not a prize you can claim ♪
♪ We were promised at 13 ♪
♪ The woman I've become is not the same ♪
♪ Our fathers bound us together ♪
♪ Why couldn't you wait? ♪
♪ You knew I'd come back to get you! ♪ ♪ It isn't too late ♪
♪ My parents got themselves killed ♪ ♪ in the week you changed sides ♪
♪ If there were promises, ♪ ♪ all of them died when they died ♪
♪ Shaw's over, pal. ♪
(GIRLS SCREAM)
♪ - Kim, leave this man behind ♪ ♪ - Stay here ♪
♪ No! Go on ♪
♪ And shoot! ♪
♪ I will not change my mind ♪
♪ - You are still mine ♪ ♪ - Not anymore ♪
♪ - You're mine until we die ♪ ♪ - Get off of her! ♪
♪ Saigon is doomed ♪
♪ And so is your GI ♪
♪ She'll leave with me ♪
♪ You broke your father's word ♪
♪ This is your curse ♪
♪ Get out! ♪
(SHOUTS IN VIETNAMESE)
♪ CHRIS: What a party that was ♪
♪ You're going to leave me now ♪
♪ Yes, I'm going to leave ♪
♪ And take you out with me ♪
♪ In a place that won't let us feel ♪
♪ In a life where nothing seems real ♪
♪ I have found you ♪
♪ In a world that's moving too fast ♪
♪ In a world where nothing can last ♪
♪ I will hold you ♪
♪ Our lives will change ♪ ♪ when tomorrow comes ♪
♪ Tonight our hearts drown ♪ ♪ the beating drums ♪
♪ And we'll have music, all right ♪
♪ Tearing the night ♪
♪ Our 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 ♪
♪ On the other side of the Earth ♪
♪ There's a place ♪ ♪ your life will have worth ♪
♪ I will take you ♪
♪ I'll go with you ♪
♪ You won't believe ♪ ♪ all the things you'll see ♪
♪ I know cos you'll see them all with me ♪
♪ If we're together, ♪ ♪ that's when we'll hear it again ♪
♪ Our 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 ♪
♪ Dreams were all I ever knew ♪
♪ Dreams you won't need when I'm through ♪
♪ Anywhere we may be ♪
♪ I will sing with you ♪
♪ Our song ♪
♪ Where are you going? ♪
(KIM SQUEALS)
♪ Played on a solo saxophone ♪
♪ So stay with me and hold me tight ♪
♪ And dance like it's the last night ♪
♪ Of the world ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
(FIREWORKS)
(PERCUSSION MUSIC)
♪ On silent feet it came ♪
♪ Breathing a sheet of flame ♪
♪ It came ♪
♪ Closing in on its rightful prey ♪
♪ Burning a hundred years away ♪
♪ The morning of the dragon, ♪ ♪ truth lit up the street ♪
♪ The tiger we were stalking ♪ ♪ walked on paper feet ♪
♪ And in the clear white heat of dawn ♪
♪ Was gone ♪
♪ - With guns from every shore ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ - The People's Army waged a war ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ - Tunneling underneath the trees ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ - Bringing the giant to its knees ♪ ♪ - The morning of the dragon ♪
♪ - All the walls fell down ♪ ♪ - Truth lit up the street ♪
♪ Brother greeted brother ♪
♪ The tiger we were stalking ♪ ♪ walked on paper feet ♪
♪ - And in the endless night ♪ ♪ - And in the clear white heat of dawn ♪
♪ Was gone ♪
♪ - On silent feet it came ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ - Breathing a sheet of flame ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ - Closing in on its rightful prey ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ - Burning a hundred years away ♪ ♪ - The morning of the dragon ♪
♪ - Brother greeted brother ♪
♪ The tiger we were stalking ♪ ♪ walked on paper feet ♪
♪ - And in the endless night ♪ ♪ - And in the clear white heat of dawn ♪
♪ Was gone ♪
♪ Three years of school was nice ♪
♪ In rice fields, planting rice ♪
♪ - (SHOUTS) ♪ ♪ - You did good work, you see ♪
♪ Re-educating me ♪
♪ Who lives a lie must change or die ♪
♪ - Three years, how quick they moved ♪ ♪ - (SHOUTS) ♪
♪ - Look how the world's improved ♪ ♪ - (SHOUTS) ♪
♪ Saigon, that queen of sin ♪
♪ Renamed for Ho Chi Minh ♪
♪ SOLDIERS: Who lives a lie ♪ ♪ must change or die ♪
♪ But men will always be men ♪
♪ They washed out my brain ♪
♪ I'm still what I am ♪
♪ Deep inside, I know what I know ♪
♪ Wherever I go ♪
♪ I speak Uncle Ho ♪
♪ - And think Uncle Sam ♪ - (SOLDIER SHOUTS)
♪ - Your name is Tran Van Dinh? ♪ ♪ - At your service ♪
♪ - You're called the Engineer ♪ ♪ - Yes, sir ♪
♪ - The People's Commissar ♪ ♪ - Am I free? ♪
♪ Has ordered you back here ♪
♪ SOLDIERS: Who lives a lie ♪ ♪ must change or die ♪
♪ We found the man that you wanted so bad ♪
♪ And, Commissar, you were perfectly right ♪
♪ He had been taken up north to a camp ♪
♪ We brought him down under cover of night ♪
♪ Once he had served the American clique ♪
♪ Selling our sisters and daughters ♪ ♪ for gold ♪
♪ Notice we caught him in less than a week ♪
♪ BOTH: When we get orders, ♪ ♪ we do what we're told ♪
♪ All right, all right, ♪ ♪ that's it, that's all ♪
♪ You've done your job, that's it ♪
♪ You go back, I'll take over now ♪
♪ Kim. ♪
♪ You will find her for me ♪
♪ Crawl from under your shell ♪
♪ You know who her friends were ♪
♪ Go! See what they can tell ♪
♪ Sniff her out ♪
♪ Or I swear ♪
♪ You'll look forward to hell ♪
♪ I never saw her again ♪
♪ I am a different man ♪
♪ - I've been enlightened since then ♪ ♪ - (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) ♪
♪ Yes ♪
♪ But men must help other men ♪
♪ And seeing it's you, ♪ ♪ I'll work to the bone ♪
♪ I'll give you 48 hours ♪
♪ If you want to stay free, ♪ ♪ don't come back here alone ♪
♪ - SOLDIERS: On silent feet it came ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ - Breathing a sheet of flame ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ - Closing in on its rightful prey ♪ ♪ - Victory ♪
♪ Burning a hundred years away ♪
♪ The morning of the dragon, ♪ ♪ truth lit up the street ♪
♪ The tiger we were stalking ♪ ♪ walked on paper feet ♪
♪ And in the clear white heat of dawn ♪
♪ Was gone ♪
♪ ALL: Ha! ♪
♪ (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) ♪
♪ Last night I dreamed you held me ♪
♪ We slept here side by side ♪
♪ You whispered softly to me ♪
♪ I heard you speak my name ♪
♪ I cried ♪
♪ Though I know it's been so many years ♪
♪ Through the silence of my secret tears ♪
♪ You are here still ♪
♪ I still ♪
♪ I still believe ♪
♪ You will return ♪
♪ I know you will ♪
♪ My heart forevermore holds still ♪
♪ Yet still ♪
♪ I still believe ♪
♪ I know as long as I can keep believing ♪
♪ I'll live ♪
♪ Love cannot die ♪
♪ You will return ♪
♪ And I alone know why ♪
♪ Last night I held you sleeping ♪
♪ Again, the nightmare came ♪
♪ I heard you cry out something ♪
♪ A word that sounded like a name ♪
♪ And it hurts me more than I can bear ♪
♪ Knowing part of you, I'll never share ♪
♪ Never know ♪
♪ But still ♪
♪ I still believe ♪
♪ The time will come ♪
♪ When nothing keeps us apart ♪
♪ My heart forevermore holds still ♪
♪ - Kim! ♪ ♪ - It's all over, I'm here ♪
♪ There is nothing to fear ♪
♪ Chris, what's haunting you? ♪
♪ Won't you let me inside? ♪ ♪ There is nothing to hide ♪
♪ What's hurting you? ♪
♪ - For still ♪ ♪ - I will hold you all night ♪
♪ I will make it all right ♪
♪ - I still believe ♪ ♪ - You are safe with me ♪
♪ - As long ♪ ♪ - And I wish you could share ♪
♪ - As I ♪ ♪ - What you're hiding in there ♪
♪ - Can keep believing, I'll live ♪ ♪ - What your hell must be ♪
♪ - I'll live, you will return ♪ ♪ - You can sleep now ♪
♪ - You can cry now ♪ ♪ - And I know why ♪
♪ - I'm your wife now for life ♪ ♪ - I'm yours ♪
♪ BOTH: Until we die ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
♪ Kim? Have you seen this girl? ♪
♪ Hey, you ♪
(LAUGHS)
♪ Coo-coo, princess, look who's here ♪
♪ - Your resurrected Engineer ♪ ♪ - How did you find me? ♪
♪ Don't look surprised, I tracked you down ♪
♪ I have the sharpest nose in town ♪
♪ I'm here to throw a rope ♪ ♪ before you drown ♪
♪ For men will always be men ♪
♪ You change the regime, ♪ ♪ the lust doesn't stop ♪
♪ You and I will team up again ♪
♪ Together we'll reap ♪ ♪ the cream of the crop ♪
♪ Engineer, I don't want you here ♪
♪ I gave up that life, ♪ ♪ you must understand ♪
♪ Just out there is a big shot ♪ ♪ who waits like a pup ♪
♪ To come up and eat out of your hand, Kim ♪
♪ The good times are back ♪
♪ Don't go on, it's too late ♪
♪ Not too late for my star ♪
♪ - Please let me hide in peace ♪ ♪ - Better to screw the police ♪
♪ Come in, Monsieur Commissar ♪
♪ Three years I've been away ♪
♪ I kept faith we would meet ♪
♪ See? I found her for you ♪
♪ You, out in the street ♪
♪ Out! Get out ♪
♪ I knew in time, ♪ ♪ fate would weave a design ♪
♪ Tying your life and mine into one ♪
♪ Each day I'd wait ♪
♪ Like a soldier must wait ♪
♪ Trusting victory to come with the sun ♪
♪ After the fight ♪ ♪ in the still of the night ♪
♪ I would picture my bride, bright as jade ♪
♪ You'll be my wife, ♪ ♪ we will build a new life ♪
♪ And fulfill the vow our fathers made ♪
♪ My father's vow ♪ ♪ can't be honored this way ♪
♪ And I pray in my heart he'll forgive ♪
♪ What you want now ♪ ♪ are some words I can't say ♪
♪ If I lied to you, how could I live? ♪
♪ Don't say any more, not a word ♪
♪ You will change, you will learn ♪
♪ Look at me ♪
♪ Don't decide too soon ♪
♪ Somewhere deep in my soul ♪
♪ Shines the smallest of lights ♪
♪ And no wind blows it out ♪
♪ It burns steady and strong ♪
♪ Through the darkest of nights ♪
♪ Du vui vay ♪
♪ Du doi may ♪
♪ Du vui vay ♪
(♪ Vao nyay ma)' ♪
♪ I made a promise once ♪ ♪ with these words ♪
♪ Which neither time nor distance ♪ ♪ can change ♪
♪ He will come to me still ♪
♪ You must be mad, ♪ ♪ your American Jack has gone for good ♪
♪ And he'll never come back ♪
♪ - He ran away, Kim, he left you to rot ♪ ♪ - No ♪
♪ I'm sure by now he already forgot ♪
♪ Kim, come on now, princess, ♪ ♪ get off of your cloud ♪
♪ I'm sorry, sir, she was talking so loud ♪
♪ The Commissar is a powerful man ♪
♪ A girl with brains ♪ ♪ makes a life where she can ♪
♪ Princess, remember your place ♪
♪ Don't make people lose face ♪
♪ Why do you look away? ♪
♪ I can end all this shame ♪
♪ All you need to say is "yes" ♪
(WHISPERS) Kim
♪ - SOLDIERS: On silent feet we came ♪ ♪ - You hear those soldiers outside? ♪
♪ - SOLDIERS: Breathing a sheet of flame ♪ ♪ - They'll do whatever I say ♪
♪ SOLDIERS: ♪ ♪ Closing in on its rightful prey ♪
♪ I cannot change what I feel ♪
♪ - Burning a hundred years away ♪ ♪ - Soldiers, come! ♪
♪ I think you will change before my eyes ♪
♪ - (KIM SCREAMS) ♪ ♪ - This Me-My has just been found ♪
♪ She hid the day we closed the bars ♪
♪ Show them that we don't forget ♪
♪ No one betrays us without scars ♪
♪ - You are a woman who lived without shame ♪ ♪ - You're an infection left over from war ♪
♪ - You have dishonored the national name ♪ ♪ - Re-education will cure the disease ♪
♪ - You must be shown what we do to a leech ♪ ♪ - See how we teach an American's whore ♪
♪ I have heard hundreds of speeches ♪ ♪ like these ♪
♪ Take it from me, ♪ ♪ you don't want to hear more ♪
♪ It's time to act, my friends ♪
♪ It's time ♪
♪ SOLDIERS: Her face betrays her crime ♪
♪ She must pay ♪
♪ - And her partner too ♪ ♪ - (KIM SCREAMS) ♪
♪ Stop! ♪
♪ - Get out! ♪ ♪ - (SOLDIERS ARGUE) ♪
♪ I said, get out! ♪
♪ (SOLDIERS SHOUT) ♪
♪ Are you waiting for them to kill me? ♪
♪ Did you not get what he said? ♪
♪ There's a big screw loose inside you ♪
♪ I will rip it out of your head ♪
♪ There's a mad dog on a rampage ♪
♪ - Just appease him, everyone wins ♪ ♪ - No ♪
♪ I don't give a shit if you love him, ♪ ♪ say you do, and we leave with our skins ♪
♪ I have a husband I love ♪
♪ Real as the sun in the sky ♪
♪ - I cannot live with a lie ♪ ♪ - You stupid... ♪
♪ Do you see now who has power? ♪
♪ Do you still think crazy things? ♪
♪ Chris will come to me like the phoenix ♪
♪ And he'll take me off on his wings ♪
♪ You're a traitor to your country ♪
♪ If I am, then let it be ♪
♪ ALL: I am talking of life or death now ♪
♪ I am talking of staying free ♪
♪ So there it is now, ♪ ♪ I'll be moving on ♪
♪ If you don't need me, I'd rather be gone ♪
♪ Two kids in love ♪ ♪ don't need strangers around ♪
♪ - You, just get out! ♪ ♪ - Ho Chi Minh, I won't make a sound ♪
♪ And as for you ♪
♪ - Come with me ♪ ♪ - No! ♪
♪ There is a secret ♪
♪ That you don't know ♪
♪ There is a force here ♪
♪ I never show ♪
♪ You say it's treason ♪
♪ To keep my vow ♪
♪ Season after season ♪
♪ I've survived somehow ♪
♪ If you want the reason ♪
♪ I will show you now ♪
♪ Tam! ♪
♪ It's OK. ♪
♪ Look, Thuy, this is my son ♪
♪ He is all that I have ♪
♪ Now you see why I must tell you "no" ♪
♪ No one must ever see ♪ ♪ this thing you're showing me ♪
♪ Your bastard fouls our name ♪
♪ My baby's not to blame ♪ ♪ for what I've done ♪
♪ You must decide upon ♪ ♪ which side you're really on ♪
♪ - You whored to have that kid ♪ ♪ - No! That isn't what I did ♪
♪ Don't touch my son ♪
♪ You must see how it is ♪
♪ When you're my wife ♪
♪ Keeping this child of his ♪ ♪ brands us for life ♪
♪ No alternative, this child cannot live ♪
♪ No! ♪
♪ You will not touch him ♪
♪ - Don't touch my boy ♪ ♪ - Kim ♪
♪ He's what I live for ♪
♪ He's my only joy ♪
♪ - You will not touch him ♪ ♪ - He is my enemy ♪
♪ It's he who turns you from me ♪
♪ - Don't touch my boy ♪ ♪ - Erase him from your life ♪
♪ Even your memory ♪
♪ - He's what I live for ♪ ♪ - He's one drop in a flood ♪
♪ Left here to taint our blood ♪
♪ - He's my only joy ♪ ♪ - Our marriage bond is sworn ♪
♪ Forget that he was born ♪
♪ Get back! ♪
♪ Of course you have a gun ♪
♪ - You will not touch my little boy ♪ ♪ - And now you'll shoot your cousin ♪
♪ And it's a US gun ♪
♪ - And do not test my will ♪ ♪ - A gun that lost the war ♪
♪ You're the corrupted one ♪
♪ - I'm warning you ♪ ♪ - Go on and shoot, don't wait ♪
♪ - For him I'll kill ♪ ♪ - To save your bastard son ♪
♪ You must not hesitate ♪
♪ The earth moves where I stand ♪
♪ - I feel the turning of a wheel ♪ ♪ - Shoot ♪
♪ - I feel nothing in my hand ♪ ♪ - Shoot ♪
♪ - Not even the chill of steel ♪ ♪ - Shoot ♪
♪ You will not take my child ♪
♪ You don't know how to kill ♪
♪ I have no other choice ♪
♪ What I must do I will! No! ♪
♪ SOLDIERS: This is the hour ♪
♪ This is our land ♪
♪ We found the power ♪
♪ In our brother's hand ♪
♪ And from a storm ♪
♪ - No! ♪ ♪ - Pierced with light ♪
♪ Fierce and white the lightning came ♪
♪ A brightening flame to end the night ♪
♪ One man to heed us ♪
♪ Each girl, each boy ♪
♪ One voice to lead us ♪
♪ In a song OTIOY ♪
♪ This is the hour ♪
♪ This is our land ♪
(SHOUTS ORDERS)
(GRUNTS)
♪ If you want to die in bed, ♪ ♪ follow my example ♪
(SHOUTING)
♪ When you see a cloud ahead, ♪ ♪ it's time to show your class ♪
♪ Hit the door ♪ ♪ before they make a target of your ass ♪
♪ If you want to die in bed ♪ ♪ in times of revolution ♪
(SPEAKS VIETNAMESE)
♪ When the flag they fly is red, ♪ ♪ let pride fill up your chest ♪
♪ Meanwhile pack a sack ♪ ♪ and take the first boat heading west ♪
(SHOUTING)
♪ (WHISPERS) Where's it? Where's it? ♪ ♪ (GRUNTS) ♪
♪ It's still here! ♪
♪ My precious souvenirs ♪ ♪ of all the golden years ♪
♪ Rolex watches in steel ♪ ♪ that look practically real ♪
♪ I'll need a little stock ♪ ♪ to start me in Bangkok ♪
♪ If you want to die in bed, ♪ ♪ forgot about your karma ♪
♪ When your life hangs by a thread, ♪ ♪ don't cry about the fates ♪
♪ Grab a stash of cash ♪ ♪ and buy a strip joint in the States ♪
♪ (CHUCKLES) ♪
♪ Let me stop for a bit, ♪ ♪ this was my greatest hit ♪
♪ Miss Saigon in her crown, ♪ ♪ I made queen of the town ♪
♪ I got them paying more ♪ ♪ for just another whore ♪
♪ Here I come, USA ♪
♪ Your next champ's on his way ♪
♪ For men will always be men ♪
♪ The rules are the same ♪
♪ For kings or for clerks ♪
♪ Give me francs or dollars or yen ♪
♪ I'll set up a game ♪
♪ I know how things work ♪
♪ Why was I born of a race ♪
♪ That thinks only of rice ♪ ♪ and hates entrepreneurs? ♪
♪ Me, I belong in a place ♪ ♪ where a man sets his price ♪
♪ And you pay and he's yours ♪
♪ I should be American ♪
♪ Where every promise lands ♪
♪ And every businessman ♪ ♪ knows where he stands ♪
♪ First stop Bangkok, then I roam ♪
♪ 'Cross that ocean white with foam ♪
♪ To the place that's my heart's true home ♪
♪ - (LOUDLY) America ♪ ♪ - (PEOPLE CHATTER) ♪
♪ (QUIETLY) America ♪
♪ (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) ♪
♪ If you want to die in bed ♪ ♪ en route to your Nirvana ♪
♪ You grab your chance and plunge ahead ♪
♪ And go where people win ♪
♪ Heaven's there ♪
♪ But shit... ♪
♪ You need a visa to get in ♪
♪ Ah! ♪
♪ - ENGINEER: Get out! ♪ ♪ - (GASPS) ♪
♪ Engineer, Thuy is dead ♪
♪ He was going to kill my baby and I shot ♪
♪ You did what? Who is that? ♪
♪ You'll be followed, ♪ ♪ get him out of here, goodbye ♪
♪ - Fuck! ♪ ♪ - We must leave, Tam and I ♪
♪ We must set off for America tonight ♪
♪ All right, just like that ♪
♪ Tell me how ♪ ♪ and while you're at it, tell me why ♪
♪ I hear the voice of my soldier ♪
♪ Telling me to bring his son ♪
♪ You're telling me this half-breed brat ♪ ♪ is born the son of a Marine? ♪
♪ Let me see his Western nose ♪
♪ This bastard is the most beautiful sight ♪ ♪ I've ever seen ♪
♪ A passport in my hand ♪
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
♪ My new life can begin ♪
♪ Your brat's American ♪
♪ So they must let us in ♪
♪ In the playground of mankind ♪
♪ The movie in my mind ♪
♪ I'm your dear brother from now on ♪
♪ And all our family is gone ♪
♪ Boy, kiss your brand-new Uncle Tran ♪
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
♪ This kid is OK ♪
♪ He is our entrée ♪
♪ To the USA ♪
♪ With these two little diamonds ♪ ♪ to bait my hooks ♪
♪ I'll book us on a cruise: ♪ ♪ "Boat people deluxe" ♪
♪ Don't worry about sharks ♪ ♪ out in the Mekong Bay ♪
♪ The pirates taking us ♪ ♪ are more scary any day ♪
♪ You just stay here and hide, ♪ ♪ don't show your face outside ♪
♪ Take care of our little dear, ♪ ♪ I will go engineer ♪
♪ If you want to die in bed ♪
♪ Don't care too much for country ♪
♪ Hit the open sea instead ♪
♪ And float there like a cork ♪
♪ Yeah, why not? ♪
♪ Uncle Ho ♪
♪ - (MIMICS ELVIS) Oh-ho ho-ho-ho... ♪ ♪ - (AUDIENCE LAUGHS) ♪
♪ I'll have to call you from New York ♪
♪ New York ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
♪ You who I cradled in my arms ♪
♪ You asking as little as you can ♪
♪ Little snip of a little man ♪
♪ I know I'd give my life for you ♪
♪ You didn't ask me to be born ♪
♪ You ♪
♪ Why should you learn of war or pain? ♪
♪ To make sure you're not hurt again ♪
♪ I swear I'd give my life for you ♪
♪ I've tasted love beyond all fear ♪
♪ And you should know ♪ ♪ it's love that brought you here ♪
♪ And in one perfect night ♪
♪ When the stars burned like new ♪
♪ I knew what I must do ♪
♪ I'll give you a million things ♪ ♪ I'll never own ♪
♪ I'll give you a world to conquer ♪ ♪ when you're grown ♪
♪ You will be who you want to be ♪
♪ You can choose whatever heaven grants ♪
♪ As long as you can have your chance ♪
♪ I swear I'll give my life for you ♪
♪ Some nights I wake up ♪ ♪ reaching for him ♪
♪ I feel his shadow brush my head ♪
♪ But it's just moonlight on my bed ♪
♪ Was he a ghost? Was he a lie? ♪
♪ That made my body laugh and cry ♪
♪ Then by my side, ♪ ♪ the proof I see, his little one ♪
♪ Gods of the sun ♪
♪ Bring him to me ♪
♪ You will be who you want to be ♪
♪ You can choose ♪ ♪ whatever heaven grants ♪
♪ As long as you can have your chance ♪
♪ I swear I'd give my life for you ♪
♪ No one can stop what I must do ♪
♪ I swear ♪
♪ I'd give my life for you ♪
♪ ALL: No place, no home ♪
♪ No life, no hope ♪
♪ No chance, no change ♪
♪ - No regret, no return ♪ ♪ - No place, no home ♪
♪ - No regret, no return ♪ ♪ - No life, no hope ♪
♪ - No regret, no return ♪ ♪ - No chance, no change ♪
♪ One day, one night ♪
♪ One day ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
♪ ALL: They're called Bui Doi ♪
♪ The dust of life ♪
♪ Conceived in hell and born in strife ♪
♪ They are the living reminder ♪
♪ Of all the good we failed to do ♪
♪ We can't forget, must not forget, ♪ ♪ that they are all our children too ♪
♪ Like all survivors, I once thought ♪ ♪ when I'm home, I won't give a damn ♪
♪ But now I know I'm caught ♪
♪ I'll never leave Vietnam ♪
♪ War isn't over when it ends ♪
♪ Some pictures never leave your mind ♪
♪ They are the faces of the children ♪
♪ The ones we left behind ♪
♪ They're called Bui Doi ♪
♪ The dust of life ♪
♪ Conceived in hell and born in strife ♪
♪ They are the living reminder ♪
♪ Of all the good we failed to do ♪
♪ We can't forget, must not forget, ♪ ♪ that they are all our children too ♪
♪ These kids hit walls on every side ♪
♪ They don't belong in any place ♪
♪ Their secret they can't hide ♪
♪ It's printed on their face ♪
♪ I never thought one day I'd plead ♪ ♪ for half-breeds from a land that's torn ♪
♪ But then I saw a camp for children ♪ ♪ whose crime was being born ♪
♪ They're called Bui Doi ♪
♪ The dust of life ♪
♪ Conceived in hell and born in strife ♪
♪ We owe them fathers and a family ♪
♪ A loving home they never knew ♪
♪ Because we know deep in our hearts ♪
♪ That they are all our children too ♪
♪ These are souls in need ♪
♪ They need us to give ♪
♪ Someone has to pay ♪ ♪ for their chance to live ♪
♪ - Help me try ♪ ♪ - CHORUS: They're called Bui Doi ♪
♪ The dust of life ♪
♪ Conceived in hell and born in strife ♪
♪ They are the living reminder ♪
♪ Of all the good we failed to do ♪
♪ - That's why we know ♪ ♪ - That's why we know ♪
♪ - Deep in our hearts ♪ ♪ - That deep down in our hearts ♪
♪ - That's why we know ♪ ♪ - That they are all ♪
♪ Our children too ♪
(AUDIENCE CHEERS)
♪ - John. ♪ ♪ - Chris! ♪
(BOTH LAUGH)
♪ - Look at you. ♪ ♪ - John, you were great. ♪
♪ Can I see you alone? ♪
♪ I've got to know ♪ ♪ what you meant on the phone ♪
♪ Hey, what is this news you received ♪ ♪ you could only tell me? ♪
♪ A lot of groups use my Bangkok staff ♪ ♪ to process problems on their behalf ♪
♪ We got this in from the embassy ♪
♪ It's not easy to tell you, ♪ ♪ it's best that you see ♪
♪ Kim. It's about Kim, isn't it? ♪
♪ Only you know how hard ♪ ♪ I have tried to get word ♪
♪ Tell me first, nothing else, ♪ ♪ tell me did she survive? ♪
♪ You should read the report, Chris, ♪ ♪ but yes, she's alive ♪
♪ You don't know, John, these nightmares ♪
♪ The things that I've seen ♪
♪ I-I've seen her face burned, ♪ ♪ seen her shot with my gun ♪
♪ I've chased her through streets ♪ ♪ and heard nothing but screams ♪
♪ What's wrong? Come on, ♪ ♪ there is still something more ♪
♪ She has a child ♪
♪ You have a son ♪
♪ You won't believe me, ♪ ♪ but I dreamed this, John ♪
♪ He's in the nightmare when I see Saigon ♪
♪ - Jesus, John, I am married ♪ ♪ - I know ♪
♪ Is this story for real? ♪
♪ I'm only telling you what I received ♪
♪ But our reports can usually be believed ♪
♪ Kim's a bar girl in Bangkok ♪
♪ Pal, I know how you feel ♪
♪ It's too late! ♪ ♪ I have a whole new life ♪
♪ I have a wife I love, ♪ ♪ she can't just disappear ♪
♪ Listen, Chris, ♪ ♪ I know the shock you've had ♪
♪ It isn't always bad, ♪ ♪ there are solutions here ♪
♪ John, I never told her ♪
♪ My wife, how can I tell her? ♪
♪ A child, what can I do? ♪
♪ Oh, Jesus, Kim ♪
♪ What can I do? ♪
♪ I have learned the best thing ♪ ♪ for a couple to do ♪
♪ How can I tell her? ♪
♪ You should both go to Bangkok ♪
♪ - I have to tell her ♪ ♪ - I mean Ellen too ♪
♪ Us both? ♪
♪ You both should go ♪
♪ Hey, guys, come on ♪
♪ But first... First Ellen has to know ♪
♪ What? ♪
♪ - Are you OK? ♪ ♪ - No. ♪
♪ - We need to talk. ♪ ♪ - Sure. ♪
♪ Come on. Fuck. ♪
♪ (WOLF-WHISTLING) ♪
♪ - Best girls in Bangkok ♪ ♪ - Pussy galore! ♪
(ALL SHOUT AT ONCE)
♪ - Check it out! ♪ ♪ - Hey, what are you doing there? ♪
♪ - You're nothing but second-rate... ♪ ♪ - I'll get back to work, boss. ♪
♪ Son of a bitch. Hey, you looking ♪ ♪ for a girl? What can I get you? ♪
♪ You want a big-breasted girl? ♪ ♪ Hey, you're back! ♪
♪ I told you that girl was clean. ♪
♪ What can I get you this time? ♪ ♪ A girl that looks like a boy? ♪
♪ A boy who looks like a girl? ♪ ♪ Or someone who looks like this? ♪
♪ - Yeah! ♪ - (EXCITED CHATTER)
♪ - Girls ♪ ♪ - Come to my bar. ♪
♪ - I got girls ♪ ♪ - You'll thank me later. ♪
♪ - Gorgeous girls ♪ ♪ - I'm glad my wife's not here with me ♪
♪ Check this out. Look at this girl. ♪ ♪ The way she moves. ♪
♪ It's impossible. You... ♪
(MEN LAUGH)
♪ What a waste ♪
♪ To pay for my keep, ♪ ♪ I'm rounding up sheep ♪
♪ To fleece here in Bangkok ♪
♪ - I'm disgraced ♪ - (AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
♪ I can't get ahead ♪
♪ There's nothing as dead ♪ ♪ as peace here in Bangkok ♪
♪ Ten cents an hour, ♪ ♪ that's the most they pay ♪
♪ I'll have to swim to the USA ♪
♪ Special offer on pussies, ♪ ♪ buy one, get one free ♪
♪ If you're looking for fun, ♪ ♪ original sin ♪
♪ If you want to put out, ♪ ♪ then you've gotta come in ♪
♪ - Girls ♪ ♪ - Hey, boys ♪
♪ - Don't stand around like wimps ♪ ♪ - I got girls ♪
♪ Watch out, those guys, ♪ ♪ they're really pimps ♪
♪ - Pearls ♪ ♪ - You want some thrills? ♪
♪ - Come on and grab it ♪ ♪ - Half the price ♪
♪ Two girls, a gerbil and a rabbit ♪
♪ - Nasty stuff, you like that ♪ ♪ - Hey, come to me ♪
♪ - Look what you'll see ♪ ♪ - Ping pong, ha ♪
♪ Hey, that's a joke ♪
♪ Mine blows smoke for a small extra fee ♪
♪ Hey, Joe, try taking a little excursion ♪
♪ You'll all feel good ♪ ♪ from a little perversion ♪
♪ - Oh, yeah? ♪ ♪ - Massage requiring total immersion ♪
♪ - Oh, wow! ♪ ♪ - Some strange positions ♪
♪ - They say are Persian ♪ ♪ - Oh, no! ♪
♪ - I am a Mormon! ♪ ♪ - Drinks are on me ♪
♪ Yeah, baby! Go! First girl is free ♪
♪ Hey, what can I say? ♪ ♪ You get me for a small extra fee ♪
♪ It was only a joke. ♪
♪ You want a girl, sir? ♪ ♪ You'll like one of these ♪
♪ You have a Kim here? ♪ ♪ Can I see her, please? ♪
♪ You pick 'em well. ♪
♪ Monsieur John. Is that you? ♪
♪ The Engineer? ♪ ♪ Jesus Christ, you're here too? ♪
♪ Oh, you ♪
♪ Of all my friends, ♪ ♪ you're the one that I miss ♪
♪ - I'm looking for Kim ♪ ♪ - I love you so ♪
♪ You and your buddy Chris ♪
♪ I'm here about him; ♪ ♪ Kim has a child ♪
♪ - Born in ♪ ♪ - '75 ♪
♪ I filled that out, ♪ ♪ and it's you who arrive ♪
♪ You'll find the end of your quest ♪ ♪ here in our little dive ♪
♪ Man, I'm impressed ♪
♪ American clerks, ♪ ♪ a system that works ♪
♪ - There's really no other ♪ ♪ - Listen, spare me the gas ♪
♪ ls there really a child? ♪
♪ Oh, yes, we're blessed ♪
♪ And Kim's on a trip for citizenship ♪
♪ And I am her brother ♪
♪ You're her brother, my ass ♪
♪ Come on, take me inside ♪
♪ Look, Kim, who got our application ♪
♪ I said I'd bring us all salvation ♪
♪ Oh, my God, Monsieur John, ♪ ♪ yes, of course he sent you ♪
♪ Not in here, ♪ ♪ is there someplace near we could talk? ♪
♪ Take your hands off, she's finished, ♪ ♪ go find someone else ♪
♪ Come with me, ♪ ♪ there's a lot I've got to say first ♪
♪ Chris is here, say he's here ♪
♪ Oh, my God, it's all true ♪
♪ I suggest whatever may be, ♪ ♪ you leave this to me ♪
♪ Just play little mother ♪
♪ - What I need to find out ♪ ♪ - Anything ♪
♪ She can tell me alone ♪
(MEN SHOUT)
♪ Can you take me to Chris? ♪ ♪ I can leave here right now ♪
♪ - We ♪ ♪ - We've been here for so long ♪
♪ - I took this job to survive ♪ ♪ - One month at sea ♪
♪ I was sure we'd drown ♪
♪ But I thought about Chris ♪ ♪ and we didn't go down ♪
♪ I've done terrible things, ♪ ♪ but we're safe and you're here ♪
♪ So perhaps all the gods ♪ ♪ have begun to forgive ♪
♪ Has the gentleman ordered champagne? ♪
♪ She was about to get it ♪
♪ You'd better get back on the chain, ♪ ♪ or get out ♪
♪ - Monsieur John ♪ ♪ - I am sick of that prick ♪
♪ - Quick, before he gets wise ♪ ♪ - Look at this ♪
♪ Let John look at our kid, ♪ ♪ see the lids of his eyes? ♪
♪ - Come see, love ♪ ♪ - Let John have his surprise ♪
♪ - Come see Chris ♪ ♪ - Open a bottle! ♪
♪ Look, Uncle Sam, hey? ♪
♪ How nice I am ♪
♪ I'm doing all this just for Tam ♪
♪ An American boy ♪
♪ Look, John, this is his son ♪
(SPEAKS VIETNAMESE)
♪ - Give me five. ♪ ♪ - Don't they have the same smile? ♪
♪ He's been waiting for his father ♪ ♪ for a long, long while ♪
♪ I'm not here as a friend ♪
♪ I have a job to do ♪
♪ It's strange to find my work ♪ ♪ should lead me here to you ♪
♪ Chris knows all about you, ♪ ♪ I have shown him all this ♪
♪ But I think that it's time you know ♪ ♪ all about Chris ♪
♪ Yes, tell me everything, I beg you ♪
♪ How I've longed for this to start ♪
♪ All my prayers are finally answered ♪
♪ This is too much for one heart ♪
♪ Kim, he went crazy when he lost you ♪
♪ Spoke to no one for a year ♪
♪ Then he finally said, "I'm home now" ♪
♪ "My life has to go on here" ♪
♪ - What are you talking about? ♪ ♪ - Kim ♪
♪ Let me finish talking, please ♪
♪ That was three whole years ago ♪
♪ Yes, yes, I know ♪
♪ I know how pain can grow ♪
♪ When the rock you hold on to ♪ ♪ is a love miles away ♪
♪ Listen, please ♪
♪ I already know the story ♪
♪ Take us to the USA, John ♪
♪ When we're finished here, you'll see him ♪
♪ Chris arrived with me today ♪
♪ Oh, Tam, he's here ♪
♪ He's here, he's so near ♪
♪ We might breathe the same air tonight ♪
♪ Your father's here ♪
♪ - I dreamed so hard ♪ ♪ - I can't tell her like this ♪
♪ - I kept my faith ♪ ♪ - I should not be the one ♪
♪ - And now it's true ♪ ♪ - Chris must first see his son ♪
♪ - Now I can see ♪ ♪ - They don't say in the files ♪
♪ - We've been watched over ♪ ♪ - There's a woman in love ♪
♪ - And our life's about to start ♪ ♪ - Here ♪
♪ - What I see in her eyes ♪ ♪ - Sun and moon ♪
♪ - Will be together ♪ ♪ - Chris don't know nothing of ♪
♪ BOTH: This is too much for one heart ♪
(KIM LAUGHS)
♪ There's only one thing I can do ♪
♪ I must bring Chris here to see you ♪
♪ - Thank you. ♪ ♪ - OK. ♪
♪ I thought I said no kids around ♪
♪ So what's the brat doing here? ♪
♪ You better take care, ♪ ♪ I'm watching both of you ♪
♪ You and your Engineer ♪
♪ Sir, would you like a massage? ♪
♪ No, thanks, it's not my scene ♪
♪ I can get boys from La Cage ♪
♪ - Whatever, man. Get out of my way. ♪ ♪ - Watch out, sir! Sir! ♪
♪ Why is he leaving? ♪
♪ What is that look? ♪
♪ He was right on the hook ♪
♪ Don't tell me he slipped free ♪
♪ Engineer, Chris is here ♪
♪ John is going to get him ♪ ♪ and bring him to me ♪
♪ My heart's ready to burst ♪
♪ I don't know what I'll tell him first ♪
♪ That guy is no one to trust ♪
♪ Or a soldier who just learned ♪ ♪ he fathered a son ♪
♪ You got to get to Chris first ♪
♪ I will find his address now ♪ ♪ before he can run ♪
♪ - Stupid ♪ ♪ - You can trust what he'll do ♪
♪ - Don't you worry, I'll mention you ♪ ♪ - You'll mention me? ♪
♪ Don't screw with me, little bitch, ♪ ♪ I don't want any hitch ♪
♪ You just do as you're told ♪
♪ You go to his hotel ♪
♪ I'll be working as well ♪
♪ Guarding our bag of gold ♪
♪ Tell me where and I'll go ♪
♪ He'll be longing for me, I know ♪
♪ You have brought me ♪ ♪ through the lightning ♪
♪ You have watched me from afar ♪
♪ You know all and you forgive me ♪
♪ Loving parents that you are ♪
♪ - Please ♪ ♪ - Go on, talk to your ghosts ♪
♪ - May your daughter have your blessing ♪ ♪ - Little girl, till you're blue ♪
♪ On the life about to start ♪
♪ - You have one chance, just one ♪ ♪ - We must journey to a new world ♪
♪ - He's here, talking to you ♪ ♪ - This is too much for one heart ♪
♪ I'll fix this ♪
♪ Make yourself pretty. ♪
(wmo l-lowl_s)
♪ Did you think I'd gone away? ♪
♪ I am the man you killed that day ♪
♪ Cold, with a bullet inside my chest ♪
♪ My corpse may be sleeping ♪
♪ But my soul won't rest ♪
♪ I'm the crime that you hid ♪
♪ You can try, ♪ ♪ but you'll never forget what you did ♪
♪ You will never be free ♪
♪ Not as long as there's me ♪
♪ Did you think you would escape ♪ ♪ the judgment that was planned? ♪
♪ Did you think you would escape ♪ ♪ the truth's avenging hand? ♪
♪ Just because you have escaped ♪ ♪ the boundaries of your land? ♪
♪ I'm here ♪ (ECHOES)
♪ I'm here, I'm never dead! ♪
♪ I'm here, ♪ ♪ I am the guilt inside your head ♪
♪ You think ♪ ♪ your Marine's not like other men ♪
♪ He betrayed you once ♪
♪ And he will again ♪
♪ Think about that night ♪
♪ Where was he back then? ♪
♪ I'm getting you out! Let's go! ♪
♪ Sorry, Sergeant, as things degenerate ♪
♪ All I'm giving her ♪ ♪ are her emigration papers ♪
♪ Without the wait ♪
♪ - Sign here ♪ ♪ - Bullshit ♪
♪ SOLDIER: ♪ ♪ This'll get her on board the carrier ♪
♪ You're declaring that you will marry her ♪
♪ When you get back to the States ♪
♪ Sign here, come on ♪
♪ MARINES: By order of the old man ♪
♪ The embassy will close according to plan ♪
♪ I'll stretch a couple of rules ♪ ♪ to issue her pass ♪
♪ - Thank you ♪ ♪ - That's it, you're ready ♪
♪ Nice ass, you're next ♪
♪ MARINES: By order of the old man ♪
♪ We're processing the gooks ♪ ♪ as fast as we can ♪
♪ I mean Vietnamese, ♪ ♪ hey, don't get me wrong ♪
♪ Can't save these looks for the Cong, ♪ ♪ right? Get in there ♪
♪ Christ, I'm due at the embassy, ♪ ♪ no time to lose ♪
♪ I don't want you to leave me today ♪
♪ Well, at least Uncle Sam ♪ ♪ bought our honeymoon cruise ♪
♪ - If you're going, I don't want to stay ♪ ♪ - Look, I'm leaving my gun ♪
♪ - We've got time, stay and pack ♪ ♪ - I will do whatever you say ♪
♪ I'll get plenty of word ♪ ♪ when the VC attack ♪
♪ I want you in that bed waiting ♪ ♪ when I get back ♪
♪ Sorry, Sergeant, we must accelerate, ♪ ♪ State Department says we evacuate ♪
♪ The word is, we must be out by dawn ♪
♪ Sorry, Sergeant, ♪ ♪ it's straight from Washington ♪
♪ No one leaves the grounds now, ♪ ♪ not anyone ♪
♪ As fast as we load the planes, ♪ ♪ we're gone, go! ♪
♪ OK, keep quiet, don't shout ♪
♪ The ambassador won't leave ♪ ♪ till everyone's out ♪
♪ The choppers are on their way ♪ ♪ have room for you all ♪
♪ They're climbing over the wall ♪
♪ Get back, get back, ♪ ♪ I tell you, don't shout ♪
♪ The ambassador won't leave ♪ ♪ till everyone's out ♪
♪ The ambassador ♪ ♪ just sent an order to freeze ♪
♪ That's it, no more Vietnamese, get in ♪
♪ Lock the gates ♪
♪ I'm the wife of a soldier, ♪ ♪ please let me through ♪
♪ Wait, help me, who must I pay? ♪ ♪ Tell me what I must do ♪
♪ - Chris! ♪ ♪ - Let me out ♪
♪ - No! ♪ ♪ - I've got to get back for my bride ♪
♪ No, listen, someone, ♪ ♪ my husband is waiting inside ♪
♪ Please, Kim, hear the phone ♪
♪ I can't get there ♪
♪ Please be home ♪
♪ Please, Chris ♪
♪ No one sees I am lost here ♪
♪ Find me, please ♪
♪ BOTH: Please get me through, ♪ ♪ I don't care how ♪
♪ Don't take my love away, not now ♪
♪ - Oh, Chris, I can't get free ♪ ♪ - Please get free ♪
♪ - Still I'm with you ♪ ♪ - CHRIS: I am with you ♪
♪ BOTH: Wait for me ♪
♪ Sorry, Sergeant, inside the embassy ♪
♪ We are pulling out now ♪ ♪ and there will be no more reprieves ♪
♪ I've got till the old man leaves ♪
♪ Chris, don't be an ass! ♪ ♪ The ambassador is leaving now ♪
♪ - Take me with you ♪ ♪ - Take my children ♪
♪ - I have a letter here ♪ ♪ - I helped the CIA ♪
♪ CHORUS: They'll kill who they find here ♪
♪ Don't leave us behind here ♪
♪ I've a wife who left already ♪
♪ I have an aunt in New York ♪
♪ I have gold, I can pay ♪
♪ CHORUS: There is no one to find here ♪
♪ They have left us behind here ♪
♪ I must get in there, listen, anyone ♪
♪ Please tell my husband, ♪ ♪ look, I have his gun ♪
♪ Out of my way ♪ ♪ if that's all that you've got ♪
♪ If I am here when they come, ♪ ♪ I'll be shot ♪
(SCREAMING)
♪ Let me go, John, I can't leave her ♪
♪ Why in the world ♪ ♪ should I be saved instead of her? ♪
♪ CHORUS: They'll kill who they find here ♪
♪ Don't leave us behind here ♪
♪ - Get off! ♪ ♪ - It's not you, it's war that's cruel ♪
♪ And if some dreams get smashed, ♪ ♪ perhaps it's best they were ♪
♪ CHORUS: There is no one to find here ♪
♪ They have left us behind here ♪
♪ Wake up, my friend, ♪ ♪ your mercy trip has failed ♪
♪ There's nothing you can do, ♪ ♪ that ship has sailed ♪
♪ She's not the only one ♪ ♪ we'll have betrayed ♪
♪ CHORUS: Get to the roof ♪ ♪ or else we are betrayed ♪
♪ KIM: Oh, Chris ♪
♪ I still believe ♪
♪ The heart of you is here with me ♪
♪ My heart against all odds holds still ♪
(PANICKED SHOUTING)
(HELICOPTER APPROACHES)
(SHOUTING)
(ROTORS DROWN OUT SHOUTING)
♪ Kim! ♪
♪ Please! ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
♪ You are sunlight ♪
♪ And I, moon ♪
♪ Joined by the gods of fortune ♪
♪ Midnight and high noon ♪
♪ That's what we are ♪
♪ How in one night ♪
♪ Have we come so far? ♪
♪ Outside, day starts to dawn ♪
♪ One long nighttime has gone ♪
♪ I feel you near ♪
♪ I reach your place ♪
♪ I know you're here ♪
♪ I touch your face ♪
♪ And our love is reborn ♪
(CHUCKLES)
♪ Brightening the sky ♪
♪ With the flame ♪
♪ Of love ♪
♪ Made of ♪
♪ Sunlight ♪
♪ Moonlight ♪
♪ (AUDIENCE APPLAUDS) ♪
♪ ENGINEER: Kim. Kim. ♪
♪ I've found Chris. He's at this hotel. ♪
♪ Go! I'll take care of Tam. ♪ ♪ Don't screw this up. ♪
♪ Yes! ♪
(ANIMATED CHATTER)
♪ Oh! ♪
♪ - I'm sorry. ♪ ♪ - Don't turn the bed yet, thank you. ♪
♪ - I'm not the maid. ♪ ♪ - Oh. Well, how can I help you? ♪
♪ - 317? ♪ ♪ - Yes. ♪
♪ Christopher Scott's room? ♪
♪ Oh, God, I see. ♪ ♪ I know who you are. ♪
♪ You must be Kim ♪
♪ - Chris went to find you ♪ ♪ - (LAUGHS) ♪
♪ Please come inside ♪
♪ No one will hurt you ♪
♪ I'm Chris's wife ♪
♪ My name is Ellen. ♪
♪ In a way, ♪ ♪ I'm glad I'm meeting you first ♪
♪ Understand, you were only a name ♪ ♪ till tonight ♪
♪ I don't know how I'd feel ♪ ♪ if our roles were reversed ♪
♪ Tell me you are lying ♪
♪ ELLEN: We've been married two years, ♪ ♪ I'm sorry, it's true ♪
♪ - He said he'd come to get me ♪ ♪ - He said he tried to reach you ♪
♪ - But what could he do? ♪ ♪ - Please tell me you're not married ♪
♪ You don't know, ♪ ♪ you can't know what I've done to be here ♪
♪ You don't know how he needed a new start ♪
♪ I feel walls in my heart closing in ♪
♪ I can't breathe, I can't win ♪
♪ And your child, you say it's Chris's ♪
♪ Oh, yes, madame, my son is Chris's ♪
♪ I had a dream for my son to belong ♪
♪ Not live his life in the street ♪ ♪ like a rat ♪
♪ We aren't rich, ♪ ♪ but we'll give what we can ♪
♪ Chris and I are totally together on that ♪
♪ Then you must take Tam with you ♪
♪ Take a child from his mother? ♪ ♪ Impossible, Kim ♪
♪ You must take Tam with you ♪
♪ Then he'll get what I wanted for him ♪
♪ But, Kim, your child needs you ♪
♪ Chris is married to me, ♪ ♪ we want kids of our own ♪
♪ Tam's chance lies with you now, ♪ ♪ not with me ♪
♪ - Please ♪ ♪ - No, it won't work ♪
♪ He's your child, he's not mine ♪
♪ If you're saying that ♪ ♪ because you made him change his mind ♪
♪ Chris must go away ♪ ♪ and leave me and his son behind ♪
♪ If you're saying that ♪ ♪ because my husband has another wife ♪
♪ My child has no future ♪ ♪ like the dust of life ♪
♪ Chris must come tonight to my place, ♪ ♪ tell me so to my face ♪
♪ Kim! Kim! ♪
♪ Chris ♪
♪ Why aren't you here now? ♪
♪ I don't understand, ♪ ♪ I really need you here ♪
♪ Please ♪
♪ Please, help me ♪
♪ Am I fooling myself ♪
♪ If I've already lost you? ♪
♪ Nothing's changed, you're still mine ♪
♪ We can try to ignore this ♪
♪ But if she has come back in your life ♪
♪ Well, then maybe you were never mine ♪
♪ And yet my heart cries maybe ♪
♪ It's a trick, it's a lie ♪
♪ She's just trying to use you ♪
♪ But I looked in her eyes ♪
♪ It could kill her to lose you ♪
♪ And maybe ♪
♪ Just maybe you need her, too ♪
♪ Back when we met ♪ ♪ you were broken and wild ♪
♪ And I held you at night ♪ ♪ and I ached when you cried ♪
♪ But despite what we lacked ♪ ♪ we tried staying on track ♪
♪ No regret ♪
♪ Yet maybe ♪
♪ It was fate ♪ ♪ that suddenly brought her back to you ♪
♪ And your love was true love ♪ ♪ before I even knew you ♪
♪ If the life of your dreams ♪ ♪ is the life she is giving ♪
♪ Should I be the one ♪ ♪ to stop your dream from living? ♪
♪ If you're hers, then be hers ♪ ♪ and forget about me now ♪
♪ I've been blind for so long ♪
♪ But perhaps I can see now ♪
♪ And maybe ♪
♪ Just maybe ♪
♪ I'll find the strength ♪ ♪ I need to set you free now ♪
♪ I'll be strong, I'll stand firm ♪
♪ So my tears won't betray me ♪
♪ But my heart might just break ♪
♪ If what may be ♪
♪ May be ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
♪ We couldn't find her anywhere ♪
♪ Honey, what's wrong? ♪
♪ Kim was here; ♪ ♪ the one who had to tell her was me ♪
♪ Oh, my God, ♪ ♪ I knew we were gone too long ♪
♪ No, I think ♪ ♪ it's exactly what I had to see ♪
♪ You said you slept with her, ♪ ♪ that's all you were ♪
♪ Only one thing you left out ♪ ♪ is that you loved her, God ♪
♪ Yes, we were in love, ♪ ♪ but it was years ago ♪
♪ We were torn apart ♪
♪ Don't explain, ♪ ♪ there's nothing you can say ♪
♪ It's like she's gone insane, ♪ ♪ she tried to give away her own child ♪
♪ - Ellen ♪ ♪ - You weren't here ♪
♪ I saw the look in her eyes, ♪ ♪ don't you see? ♪
♪ She thinks she is married to you ♪
♪ - What? ♪ ♪ - You must tell her she's not ♪
♪ She must hear it from you! ♪ ♪ Course, it only depends if it's true ♪
♪ Hey, don't you doubt me, Ellen ♪
♪ You're my wife ♪
♪ Lots of guys came back and had no life ♪
♪ I had you ♪
♪ Hey. ♪
♪ You can say what you want ♪ ♪ but she's borne you a son ♪
♪ Ellen ♪
♪ In your nightmares, ♪ ♪ the name that you shouted was hers ♪
♪ - I know ♪ ♪ - You've been married two years ♪
♪ But not shared things you've done ♪
♪ - I'm sorry ♪ ♪ - Don't ♪
♪ Don't, don't hold back ♪
♪ Let me see ♪
♪ Is it her now or me? ♪
(SIGHS)
♪ Let me tell you the way it was ♪
♪ Back when I was a different man ♪
♪ Back when I didn't have a clue ♪ ♪ what was right ♪
♪ They drafted me and shipped me out ♪
♪ To wind up in that senseless fight ♪
♪ There, in the shambles of a war ♪
♪ I found what I was looking for ♪
♪ Saigon was crazed, but she was real ♪
♪ And for one moment I could feel ♪
♪ I saw a world I never knew ♪
♪ And through her eyes, I suffered too ♪
♪ God, in spite of all the things ♪ ♪ that were ♪
♪ I started to believe in her ♪
♪ So I wanted to save her, ♪ ♪ protect her ♪
♪ Christ, I'm an American ♪
♪ How could I fail to do good? ♪
♪ All I made was a mess, ♪ ♪ just like everyone else ♪
♪ In a place full of mystery ♪ ♪ that I never once understood ♪
♪ I wanted back a world I knew ♪
♪ The story of my life ♪ ♪ began again with you ♪
♪ It's all right now ♪
♪ - That's all through ♪ ♪ - No, Ellen, I should have told you ♪
♪ - We'll get past this, start anew ♪ ♪ - Will you ever trust me again? ♪
♪ - All I want in my life now ♪ ♪ - All I have in my life now ♪
♪ BOTH: ls you ♪
“W - YOU guys OK'?
♪ Kim was here. ♪
♪ My God, alone? ♪
♪ Yeah, while we were out looking for her. ♪
♪ - You need some time? ♪ ♪ - No, we're OK now. ♪
♪ Have you discussed Tam? ♪
♪ Look... ♪
♪ I run a camp that is filled with Bui Doi ♪
♪ Looking for the fathers ♪ ♪ that they may never find ♪
♪ I don't know what I'd do ♪ ♪ if Tam were my boy ♪
♪ Do you want to take him out ♪ ♪ or leave him behind? ♪
♪ He's my son, I won't abandon him ♪
♪ Except that, Jesus Christ, John, ♪ ♪ there is also Kim ♪
♪ What of her? ♪
♪ If it were only Tam we'd take him now ♪
♪ He's Chris's son, ♪ ♪ we'd make it work somehow ♪
♪ But, John, she still loves him ♪
♪ How can we have her there? ♪
♪ There's no choice, ♪ ♪ I think the answer's clear ♪
♪ They'll have to stay in Bangkok, ♪ ♪ we'll support them here ♪
♪ I think this is the answer ♪
♪ You didn't see ♪ ♪ what's in that girl's head ♪
♪ - For now, this is the answer ♪ ♪ - I hope you're both proud ♪
♪ Of what you've just said ♪
♪ - Is it done? ♪ ♪ - It's done ♪
♪ BOTH: It's planned ♪
♪ Kim is smart, she'll understand ♪
♪ You must take Tam with you ♪
♪ In Bangkok, ♪ ♪ he will go to American schools ♪
♪ I won't break my promise to my son ♪
♪ - He will start a new life ♪ ♪ - You will take Tam with you ♪
♪ - JOHN: It's not right ♪ ♪ - We'll provide for their needs ♪
♪ You're both talking like fools ♪
♪ You won't forget Tam is a part of you ♪
♪ We will do what is right ♪
♪ Right for Tam ♪
♪ Right for us ♪
♪ And for Kim ♪
♪ I still taste your kisses ♪
♪ Your voice sings in my ear ♪
♪ You can betray what we were yesterday ♪
♪ But you'll come back tonight for him ♪
(LIVELY CHATTER)
♪ Hey, Kim ♪
♪ Come on, come on, your recitation ♪
♪ Describe your reconciliation ♪
♪ I hope, before his stimulation ♪
♪ He bought our little group vacation ♪
♪ In all his dreams he saw our baby ♪
♪ And he's teaching him to fly ♪
♪ Paper dragons in the sky ♪
♪ Yes, papers, what's the situation? ♪
♪ We'll need our cards for immigration ♪
♪ No tricks, I've got my reputation ♪
♪ Don't want no phony complication ♪
♪ No, no ♪
♪ He's coming to us tonight ♪
♪ Pack your things, get yourself arranged ♪
♪ While I change for my last performance ♪
♪ Oh, I'll pack. ♪
♪ Me, Chris and you? ♪ ♪ Yeah? What a ménage! ♪
♪ Bangkok can screw ♪
♪ Bon voyage! ♪
♪ I'm going to America! ♪
♪ I'm gonna smoke you soon. ♪
♪ My father was a tattoo artist ♪ ♪ in Haiphong ♪
♪ But his designs on Mother ♪ ♪ didn't last too long ♪
♪ My mother sold her body, ♪ ♪ high on betel nuts ♪
♪ Oh...! ♪
♪ My job was bringing red-faced messieurs ♪ ♪ to our huts ♪
♪ Selling your mom is a wrench ♪
♪ Perfume can cover a stench ♪
♪ That's what I learned from the French ♪
♪ Then it all changed with Dien Bien Phu ♪ ♪ (SCOFFS) ♪
♪ The Frogs went home; who came? ♪ ♪ (AMERICAN ACCENT) Guess who ♪
♪ Are you surprised we went insane ♪
♪ With dollars pouring down like rain? ♪
♪ Businessmen never rob banks ♪
♪ I can sell shit and get thanks ♪
♪ Now, that's what I learned ♪ ♪ from the Yanks ♪
♪ I'm fed up with small-time hustles ♪
♪ I'm too good ♪ ♪ to waste my talent for greed ♪
♪ I need room to flex my muscles ♪
♪ In an ocean where the big sharks feed ♪
♪ Make me Yankee ♪
♪ They're my family ♪
♪ We're selling dreams people need ♪
♪ (SNIFFS) on ♪
♪ What's that I smell in the air? ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
(CHUCKLES)
♪ Sweet as a new millionaire ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Pro-packed and ready to wear ♪
♪ My American dream ♪
♪ Fat like a chocolate eclair ♪
♪ As I... (SLURPS) ♪ ♪ suck out the cream ♪
♪ Au revoir, Miss Saigon ♪
♪ I'm moving on ♪
♪ Grab what you can till it's gone ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Greasy Chinks make life so sleazy ♪
♪ In the States, ♪ ♪ I'll have a club that's four-starred ♪
♪ Men like me there have things easy ♪
♪ I'll have a lawyer and a bodyguard ♪
♪ To the johns there, ♪ ♪ I'll sell blondes there ♪
♪ That they can charge on a card ♪
♪ Tsh k-tsh k! ♪
♪ Oh, what's that I smell in the air? ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Sweet as a suite in Bel Air ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Girls can buy tits by the pair ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
(GUFFAWS)
♪ Bald people think they'll grow hair ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Asses that stick out to there ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ You can take more if you dare ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Banks print money from air ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
(SNORTS)
♪ Cocaine, shotgun and prayer ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Hallelujah ♪
♪ Schlitz down the drain ♪
♪ Pop the champagne ♪
♪ It's time we all entertain ♪ ♪ my American dream ♪
♪ I want my girls ♪
♪ Don't you just love the feathers? ♪
♪ Blow your big daddy a kiss! ♪
♪ Oh, come on down. ♪
♪ I want to see my queen of the town. ♪
♪ Come on, baby. Rise and shine. ♪
♪ Come out, come out, wherever you are. ♪
♪ She's alive! She's alive! ♪
♪ Look at her. Isn't she beautiful? ♪
♪ She's a big girl. She needs big boys. ♪
♪ - Hello, boys! ♪ ♪ - Yeah! Yeah! ♪
♪ You guys are big. American big. ♪
♪ Think you can handle her? ♪
♪ I love you, lady, I love you. ♪
♪ You make me moist. ♪
♪ - We're just sexy bitches, aren't we? ♪ ♪ - GIRLS: Oh ♪
♪ Winner, winner! ♪
♪ Oh: yeah! ♪
♪ Live like you haven't a care ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Take even more than is fair ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Is this too much? I can never tell. ♪ (LAUGHS)
♪ Call girls are lining Times Square ♪
♪ - The American dream ♪ ♪ - You think I know different? ♪
♪ Bums there have money to spare ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Spend when the cupboard is bare ♪
♪ The American dream ♪
♪ Just sell your soul and you gain ♪ ♪ the American dream ♪
♪ Say, can you see? ♪
♪ Land of the free ♪
♪ Sure can ♪
♪ Soon you will buy it from me ♪
♪ The American... ♪
♪ Dream! Dream! Dream! Dream! ♪
♪ Hey! ♪
♪ Where's my money going? ♪
♪ Where are you guys going? Come back! ♪
♪ It was just getting good. ♪
♪ Wasn't that fabulous? ♪
(AUDIENCE LAUGHS)
♪ That's what I smell in the air ♪ (INHALES DEEPLY)
♪ My American dream ♪
♪ Oh! ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
♪ Now, Tam, my brave boy ♪
♪ Our long wait has ended ♪
♪ Smile, Tam, ♪ ♪ for you have a father at last ♪
♪ He has come to take you home ♪
♪ All I dreamed for you he'll do ♪
♪ You're still mine ♪
♪ But I can't go along ♪
♪ Don't be sad; though I'm far away, ♪ ♪ I'll be watching you ♪
♪ This is the hour ♪
♪ I swore I'd see ♪
♪ I alone can tell now ♪
♪ What the end must be ♪
♪ They think they'll decide your life ♪
♪ No, it will be me ♪
♪ Look at me one more time ♪
♪ Don't forget what you see ♪
♪ One more kiss ♪
♪ And then say goodbye ♪
(GUNSHOT)
(GASPS)
♪ Kim! ♪
♪ Kim! Oh, my God! ♪
♪ What have you done, Kim? ♪
♪ Why? ♪
♪ The gods have guided you to your son ♪
♪ Oh, Jesus! ♪
♪ Please, don't die ♪
♪ Hold me ♪
♪ One last time ♪
♪ I've got you. ♪
♪ How in one night ♪
♪ Have we come so far? ♪
♪ CHRIS: Hey. ♪
♪ Kim. (CRIES) ♪
♪ Kim! ♪
♪ No! Kim! ♪
(AUDIENCE APPLAUDS AND CHEERS)
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING CONTINUE)
(WHISTLING)
(APPLAUSE AND CHEERING CONTINUE)