Unknown Artists - 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 an 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::)
"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
