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Miss Siagon
Miss Saigon
The New Broadway Lyrics
By Boublil and Schonberg
OVERTURE/BACKSTAGE AT DREAMLAND
(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 day more GI's disappear
ENGINEER
there's still some left and they'll all be here
ALL GIRLS
a girl can trust the Engineer
(THE ENGINEER brings in a new girl, KIM)
ENGINEER
surprise!
I found this new girl, get her dressed
from the country untouched
GIGI
just give that virgin act a rest
ALL GIRLS
(mocking the new girl)
"you are my first American"
(they laugh)
ENGINEER
allez! allez! allez!
why does it take all day?
get your asses on stage... I'm raising cash tonight
GIRLS
tonight I will be Miss Saigon
ENGINEER
they say Saigon has weeks
I say it's time to pack
GIRLS
tonight I will be Miss Saigon
ENGINEER
each day these little buns of theirs 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
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 'em clean that's what this contest's about
GIRLS
yes, sir!
ENGINEER
one of these boys might be your ticket out
(turns to KIM)
why is she in that dress?
ah! it's my new princess
ah, yes!
a bride will give the guys a treat
lower your eyelids and play sweet
men pay the moon to get fresh meat
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
("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 'n' hell
one of these slits here will be Miss Saigon
God, the tension is high, not to mention the smell
the heat is on in Saigon
is there a war going on?
don't ask, I ain't gonna tell
(two friends, CHRIS and JOHN, are among the Marines. JOHN is with
one of the girls)
ENGINEER
ah, monsieur Chris! monsieur 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
ENGINEER, CHRIS and JOHN
the heat is on in Saigon
JOHN
but 'til they tell us we're gone
I'm gonna buy you a girl
CHRIS
you can buy me a beer
(the girls leave the men and move onto the stage)
MIMI
see my bikini, it's just the right size
YVETTE
don't you enjoy how it rides up my thighs?
look from behind, it'll knock out your eyes
YVONNE
I'll show you: my special trophy of war
MIMI
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
GIGI
if I'm your pin-up, I'll melt all your brass
stuck on 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 more 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
(the ENGINEER pushes KIM forward)
KIM
I'm seventeen, and I'm new here today
the village I come from seems so far away
all of the girls know much more what to say
but I know
I have a heart like the sea
a million dreams are in me
CHRIS
Good Jesus, John, who is she?
AMERICANS (AND CROWD)
the Cong is tight'ning the noose
is it a week or a day or an hour that we got?
tonight could be our last shot got to put it to use
(the GIRLS come off the stage and mingle with the men.)
ALL, INCLUDING GIRLS
tonight I bet that you and I will get along
forget about the threat, forget the Viet-Cong
ALL MEN
Mimi, Gigi, Yvette or Yvonne
gonna buy me a beer, and elect Miss Saigon
(the ENGINEER holds the election by holding his hand over each girl's
head for applause. When KIM is judged, CHRIS claps loudly, which
makes her notice him.)
ENGINEER
Yvonne, Yvette, Mimi, Kim, Gigi
(GIGI wins)
ENGINEER
attention, s'il vous plait!
by popular demand
Miss Gigi Van Tranh
is elected Miss Saigon!
(the ENGINEER puts a cheap tiara on GIGI and a ribbon which says
"Miss Saigon".)
AMERICANS
the heat is on in Saigon
and things are not going well
but still at midnight, the party goes on
a good-bye party in hell
ENGINEER
and now who wins this pussycat?
(the ENGINEER holds a bowl; GIGI picks up a ticket.)
GIGI
number 66!
(it is one of the Marines. He cheers with his friends. The scene freezes.)
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 GI's embrace
flee this life
flee this place
the movie plays and plays
the screen before me fills
he takes me to New York
he gives me dollar bills
our children laugh all day
and eat too much ice cream
and life is like a dream
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
KIM GIRLS
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
KIM
who'll fight for me instead
he'll keep us safe all day
so no one comes at night
to blow the dream away
dream
the dream I have to find
the movie in my mind
ALL GIRLS
and in a strong GI'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
(the ENGINEER approaches JOHN)
ENGINEER
hey monsieur John, how'd you like to get rich
go home in style. . .?
JOHN
yeah okay, what's the pitch?
ENGINEER
an U.S. visa to help me 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 approaches CHRIS with Kim)
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
for what it costs me to buy a big mac
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
ooh
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!!
(Across the room, the ENGINEER speaks to KIM.)
ENGINEER
see little princess, I was right
you got 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
that marine
wants his beer
ENGINEER
you said you needed a job
you said you'd turn a trick
you'd better prove it, and quick!
(he leads KIM to CHRIS)
ENGINEER
voila!
THE DANCE
(A MARINE begins to play the saxophone. CHRIS and KIM start to
dance. For a long time they don't speak. Finally:)
KIM
my name is Kim
(trying to do her job)
KIM
I like you Chris
CHRIS
don't talk like that
KIM
what did I say?
CHRIS
you shouldn't be here
(CHRIS hands KIM some money)
get the hell out. . .
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
don't say a word
just come with me
WHY GOD WHY?
(KIM leads CHRIS out of the Club, and into a tiny cubicle, which has in it
only a bed, a table, and a small window overlooking the moonlit city.
Later in the night, CHRIS is dressed and standing at the window. KIM is
asleep. Outside, Saigon still bustles.)
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 never felt confused before
why me? What's your plan?
I can't help her, no one can
I liked my mem'ries as they were
but now I'll leave rememb'ring her
(CHRIS leaves some money on a table and goes out into the street. CHRIS
is accosted by Vietnamese who beg for help leaving the country. He
pushes them.)
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
(CHRIS stops, then goes back into KIM'S room.)
why God? Why this face?
why such beauty in this place?
I liked my mem'ries as they were
but now I'll leave rememb'ring her
just her
THIS MONEY IS YOURS
(KIM wakens. CHRIS hands her the money he had left.)
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 here
SUN AND MOON
KIM
you are sunlight and I moon
joined by the gods of fortune
midnight and high noon
sharing the sky
we have been blessed, 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 room
with paper unicorns and perfume
if you want me to
CHRIS
unicorns? sure. . .
THE TELEPHONE SONG
(It is the middle of the next day. CHRIS is on the telephone.)
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 at the Embassy, in the midst of chaos: files being packed or
burned, typewriters crated, etc.)
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
she's been hurt, you see
both her parents died
what else could she be?
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
(At another location, CHRIS and the ENGINEER)
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 crap, 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 attachˇ
(CHRIS leaves)
with little shits 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 now who's really Miss Saigon
GIRLS
tv and stereo she gets
and Elvis Presley on cassettes
(KIM and CHRIS enter)
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 give 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 CHRIS
dju vui vay it's pretty but what does it mean?
GIRLS KIM
yu doi my it's what all the girls sing at weddings
(CHRIS looks up, startled)
GIRLS KIM
dju vui vay they didn't know what else to sing
GIRLS CHRIS
vao nyay moy it's the prettiest thing that I've ever heard
(friends arrive carrying beer and a platter of food. The party gathers
around the bed, and GIGI leads a toast to KIM.)
GIGI
to Miss Saigon!
GUESTS
Miss Saigon!
THUY'S ARRIVAL
(the door opens. A stranger enters.)
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?
TOGETHER
who are you?
KIM
stop!
THUY
who is this man? this American man?
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 am now 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
(CHRIS and THUY pull guns. The girl scream.)
(GIGI and the GIRLS leave quickly)
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!
THUY
Saigon
is doomed
and so is your GI
CHRIS
get the hell out!
THUY
you broke your father's word
this is your curse!
(THUY runs out. CHRIS runs out after him but he's gone.)
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
THE 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 tomorrow comes
KIM
tonight our hearts drown the distant drums
CHRIS
and we have music all right
tearing 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 the other 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'll see
I know 'cause you'll 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
you won't need when I'm through
BOTH
anywhere
we may be
I will sing with you
our song. . .
(they dance together in the balcony)
BOTH
. . .played on a solo saxophone
so stay with me
and hold me tight
and dance
like it's the last night of the world
THE MORNING OF THE DRAGON
(It is three years later. Saigon has been renamed Ho Chi Minh City. A
street pageant is celebrating the glorious victory of North Vietnam and
the Third Anniversary of Reunification.)
FIRST GROUP
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. . .
FIRST GROUP SECOND GROUP
from every door they came victory
these children born of war, they came victory
sharing a secret word, which they victory
waited a hundred years to say
FIRST GROUP SECOND GROUP
the morning of the dragon truth lit the morning of the dragon all the
up the street walls fell down
the tiger we were stalking walked brother greeted brother in a
on paper feet sudden light
and in the clear white heat of dawn and in the endless night
it's gone was gone
FIRST GROUP SECOND THIRD GROUP
on silent feet it came victory may all our children learn
breathing a sheet of flame, it came victory
closing in on its rightful prey victory the tide of right will turn
burning a hundred years away
FIRST GROUP
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. . .
(two soldiers enter with the ENGINEER)
ENGINEER
three years of school was nice
in rice fields, planting rice
you did good work you see
re-educating me
SOLDIERS
who lives a lie must change or die
ENGINEER
three years - how quick they moved
look how the world's improved
Saigon, that queen of sin
renamed for Ho Chi Minh
SOLDIERS
who lives a lie must change or die
ENGINEER
but men, will always be men
they washed out my brain
I'm still who I am
deep inside, I know what I know
wherever I go, I speak Uncle Ho
and think Uncle Sam
SOLDIER #1
your name is Trahn Van Dinh
ENGINEER
at your service
SOLDIER #1
you're called the Engineer
ENGINEER
yes sir
SOLDIER #1
the people's commissar
ENGINEER
am I free?
SOLDIER #1
has ordered you back here
SOLDIERS
who lives a lie must change or die
(THUY, now the people's commissar, enters)
SOLDIER #2
we found the man that you wanted so bad
SOLDIER #3
and Commissar, you were perfectly right
SOLDIER #2
he had been take up north to a camp
SOLDIER #3
we brought him down under cover of night
SOLDIER #2
once he had served the American clique
SOLDIER #3
selling our sisters and daughters for gold
SOLDIER #2
notice we caught him in less than a week
SOLDIER #3
when we get orders we do what we're told
THUY
alright, alright
that's it, that's all
you've done your job
that's it
now go back
I'll take over now
(the soldiers leave)
THUY
Kim. . .
find my cousin for me
I know she worked for you
you knew who her friends were
one of them is the clue
sniff her out, you know how
think now what would she do?
ENGINEER
I never saw her again
I am a different man
I've been enlightened since then
but. . .
men must help other men
and seeing it's you
I'll work to the bone
THUY
I'll give you 48 hours
if you want to stay free
don't come back here alone
(the ENGINEER leaves)
THUY and SOLDIERS
FIRST GROUP SECOND THIRD GROUP
on silent feet it came victory may all our children learn
breathing a sheet of flame, it came victory
closing in on its rightful prey victory the tide of right will turn
burning a hundred years away
FIRST GROUP
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. . .
I STILL BELIEVE
KIM
last night I watched him sleeping
my body pressed to him
and then he started speaking
the name I heard him speak...was Kim
yes I know that this was years ago
but when moonlight fills my room I know
you are here... still
I still
I still believe
you will return
I know you will
my heart
against all odds
holds still
yes, still
I still believe
I know as long as I can keep believing, I'll live
I'll live
love cannot die
you will return
you will return
and I alone know why
(in a bedroom on the other side of the world, in America. A woman is
sitting beside CHRIS who is sleeping. She is ELLEN, CHRIS' s wife)
ELLEN
last night I watched you sleeping
once more, 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, forever more
holds still
(CHRIS wakes up from his sleep with a cry. ELLEN takes him in her
arms and calms him)
ELLEN
it' s all over, I' m here
there is nothing to fear
Chris, what' s haunting you?
won' t you let me inside
what you so want to hide!
I need you too!
KIM ELLEN
for still I will hold you all night, I will make
it all right
I still believe you are safe with me
as long as I and I wish you could tell what you don't
want to tell
can keep believing, I'll live what your hell must be
I'll live you can sleep now
you will return you can cry now
and I know why I'm your wife now
I'm yours for life
until we die until we die
(In America, CHRIS holds ELLEN; in Vietnam, KIM is alone in
her room.)
BACK IN TOWN
(the ENGINEER enters, looking for KIM)
ENGINEER
coo-coo princess, look who's here
your resurrected Engineer
don't ask me how I tracked you down
who has 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
KIM
Engineer, I don't want you here
I gave up that life
you must understand
ENGINEER
out that door is a big shot who waits
like a pup to come up
and eat out of your hand
Kim, the good times are back
KIM
don't go on
it's too late
ENGINEER
not too late for my star!
KIM
please let me hide in peace
ENGINEER
better to screw the police
enter, monsieur commissar
(THUY enters)
THUY
three years I've been away
I kept faith we would meet
ENGINEER
me, I found her for you
THUY
you, out in the street
(the ENGINEER and the others leave)
THUY
I knew in time faith 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
KIM
my father's vow I can't honor today
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 can I live?
THUY
don't say anymore!
not a word!
you can change
you can learn
look at me
don't decide too soon
KIM
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
dju vui vay
yu doi my
dju vui vay
vao nyay moy
I made a promise once with these words
which neither time nor distance has changed
he will come to me, still
THUY
you must be mad, your american jack
has gone for good and he'll never come back
they ran away with the skin they could save
the ones who stayed here are dead in a grave
(the ENGINEER re-enters)
ENGINEER
come on now, princess, get off 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
THUY
why do you look away?
I can end all this shame
all you need say is, "yes"
(from outside, soldiers are heard marching by)
you hear those soldiers out there