"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 Gis 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 plaît." "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." "(GIGI 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 GI'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 GI'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 offence" "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" "Ol' 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." "Dju vui vay" "Vju doi may" "Dju vui vay" "Vao nyay may" "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" "Dju vui vay" "Dju vui vay" "Vju doi may" "Dju vui vay" "Vao nyay may" "Dju vui vay" "It's pretty, but what does it mean?" "Vju doi may" "It's what all the girls sing at weddings" " What?" " They didn't know what else to sing" "Vao nyay may" "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" "Show'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" "I have found you" "In a world that's moving too fast" "In a world where nothing can last" "I will hold you" "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" " 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" "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" "Dju vui vay" "Vju doi may" "Dju vui vay" "Vao nyay may" "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 of joy" "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, forget 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" "Is 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." "(WIND HOWLS)" "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:" "Is you" "Hey." "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) Oh" "What's that I smell in the air?" "The American dream" "(CHUCKLES)" "Sweet as a new millionaire" "The American dream" "Pre-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" "Tshk-tshk!" "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)" "Subtitles:" "BTI Studios" "English SDH"