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("Dreamland" is a club filled with American Marines, civilians and south |
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Vietnamese officers. The girls parade around and get the crowd to buy raffle |
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tickets: the winner of the "beauty contest" will be the prize.) |
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AMERICANS |
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The heat is on in Saigon |
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The girls are hotter 'n' hell |
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One of these slits here will be Miss Saigon |
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God, the tension is high, not to mention the smell |
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The heat is on in Saigon |
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Is there a war going on? |
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Don't ask, I ain't gonna tell |
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(Two friends, CHRIS and JOHN, are among the Marines. JOHN is with one of the |
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girls) |
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ENGINEER |
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Ah, monsieur Chris! monsieur John! |
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You've come to win Miss Saigon |
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JOHN |
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I gotta get my friend laid |
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As a last souvenir |
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CHRIS |
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I love you, pal, but your bullshit |
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I've had up to here |
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ENGINEER, CHRIS and JOHN |
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The heat is on in Saigon |
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JOHN |
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But 'til they tell us we're gone |
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I'm gonna buy you a girl |
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CHRIS |
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You can buy me a beer |
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(The girls leave the men and move onto the stage) |
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MIMI |
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See my bikini, it's just the right size |
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YVETTE |
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Don't you enjoy how it rides up my thighs? |
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Look from behind, it'll knock out your eyes |
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YVONNE |
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I'll show you: my special trophy of war |
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MIMI |
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For a Marine, I'll show more |
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AMERICANS |
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You won't get up off the floor |
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The heat is on in Saigon |
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Don't tell me I'm reassigned, all that chickenshit sucks |
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Tonight I'm out of my mind, not to mention ten bucks |
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GIGI |
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If I'm your pin-up, I'll melt all your brass |
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Stuck on your wall, with a pin in my ass |
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If you get me, you will travel first class |
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I'll show you, we will make magic, cheri |
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ENGINEER |
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You buy more tickets from me |
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The winner gets her for free |
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CHRIS |
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The meat is cheap in Saigon |
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I used to love getting stoned, waking up with some whore |
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I don't know why I went dead, it's not fun anymore |
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(The ENGINEER pushes KIM forward) |
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KIM |
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I'm seventeen, and I'm new here today |
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The village I come from seems so far away |
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All of the girls know much more what to say |
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But I know |
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I have a heart like the sea |
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A million dreams are in me |
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CHRIS |
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Good Jesus, John, who is she? |
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AMERICANS (AND CROWD) |
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The Cong is tight'ning the noose |
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Is it a week or a day or an hour that we got? |
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Tonight could be our last shot got to put it to use |
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(The GIRLS come off the stage and mingle with the men.) |
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ALL, INCLUDING GIRLS |
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Tonight I bet that you and I will get along |
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Forget about the threat, forget the Viet-Cong |
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ALL MEN |
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Mimi, Gigi, Yvette or Yvonne |
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Gonna buy me a beer, and elect Miss Saigon |
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(The ENGINEER holds the election by holding his hand over each girl's head |
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for applause. When KIM is judged, CHRIS claps loudly, which makes her notice |
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him.) |
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ENGINEER |
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Yvonne, Yvette, Mimi, Kim, Gigi |
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(GIGI wins) |
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ENGINEER |
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Attention, s'il vous plait! |
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By popular demand |
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Miss Gigi Van Tranh |
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Is elected Miss Saigon! |
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(The ENGINEER puts a cheap tiara on GIGI and a ribbon which says "Miss |
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Saigon".) |
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AMERICANS |
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The heat is on in Saigon |
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And things are not going well |
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But still at midnight, the party goes on |
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A good-bye party in hell |
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ENGINEER |
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And now who wins this pussycat? |
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(The ENGINEER holds a bowl; GIGI picks up a ticket.) |
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GIGI |
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Number 66! |
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(It is one of the Marines. He cheers with his friends. The scene freezes.) |
