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Viewing Lyrics for La Vie Boheme Life Cafe:
| | | Artist: | Various Artists |
| | Album: | Rent Soundtrack, Cast Recording | | Track: | La Vie Boheme Life Cafe | | | | Date Added: | 18/10/2007 | | Views: | 56 | | | | Lyrics: | Downstage right, the PRINCIPALS have lined up and are waiting to
be seated. A large table is
situated down center. Down and to the
right, BENNY and MR. GREY are seated at a smaller table.
The
RESTAURANT MAN tries to shoo our friends out.)
RESTAURANT MAN
No please
no
Not tonight please no
Mister -- can't you go --
Not tonight -- can't have a
scene
ROGER
What?
RESTAURANT MAN
Go, please go;
You -- Hello,
sir --
I said, "No"
Important customer
MARK
What am I -- just a
blur?
RESTAURANT MAN
You sit all night -- you never buy!
MARK
That's
a lie -- that's a lie
I had a tea the other day
RESTAURANT MAN
You couldn't
pay
MARK
Oh yeah
COLLINS
Benjamin Coffin III --
here?
RESTAURANT MAN
Oh no!
ALL
Wine and
beer!
MAUREEN
The enemy of Avenue A
We'll stay
(They
sit.)
RESTAURANT MAN
Oy vey!
COLLINS
What brings the mogul in his
own mind to the Life Cafe?
BENNY
I would like to propose a toast
To Maureen's
noble try
It went well
MAUREEN
Go to hell
BENNY
Was the yuppie
scum stomped
Not counting the homeless
How many tickets weren't
comped
ROGER
Why did Muffy
--
BENNY
Alison
ROGER
Miss the show?
BENNY
There was
a death in the family
If you must know
ANGEL
Who
died?
BENNY
Our Akita
BENNY, MARK, ANGEL,
COLLINS
Evita
BENNY
Mimi -- I'm surprised
A bright and charming girl like
you
Hangs out with these slackers
(Who don't adhere to deals)
They make fun -- yet
I'm the one
Attempting to do some good
Or do you really want a neighborhood
Where
people piss on your stoop every night?
Bohemia, Bohemia's
A fallacy in your head
This
is Calcutta
Bohemia is dead
(The BOHEMIANS immediately begin to enact a mock
funeral, with
MARK delivering the "eulogy.")
MARK
Dearly beloved we gather here
to say our goodbyes
COLLINS & ROGER
Dies irae -- dies illa
Kyrie
eleison
Yitgadal v' yitkadash, etc.
MARK
Here she lies
No one knew her
worth
The late great daughter of mother earth
On this night when we celebrate the
birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass -- you bet your ass to
--
(MAUREEN flashes hers.)
La vie Boheme
ALL
La vie Boheme
La vie
Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
MARK
To days of
inspiration
Playing hookie, making something out of nothing
The need to express --
To
communicate,
To going against the grain,
Going insane
Going mad
To loving
tension, no pension
To more than one dimension,
To starving for attention,
Hating
convention, hating pretension
Not to mention of course,
Hating dear old mom and
dad
To riding your bike,
Midday past the three piece suits
To fruits -- to no
absolutes --
To Absolut -- to choice --
To the Village Voice --
To any passing
fad
ALL
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
(JOANNE
enters.)
MAUREEN
Is the equipment in a pyramid?
JOANNE
It is,
Maureen
MAUREEN
The mixer doesn't have a case
Don't give me that
face
(MAUREEN smacks JOANNE's ass as she exits. MR. GREY reacts.)
MR.
GREY
Ahhemm
MAUREEN
Hey Mister -- she's my sister
RESTAURANT
MAN
So that's five miso soup, four seaweed salad
Three soy burger dinner, two tofu dog
platter
And one pasta with meatless balls
A BOY
Ugh
COLLINS
It
tastes the same
MIMI
If you close your eyes
RESTAURANT MAN
And
thirteen orders of fries
Is that it here?
ALL
Wine and beer!
MIMI &
ANGEL
To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries
To yoga, to yogurt, to rice and beans
and cheese
To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo
To huevos rancheros and Maya
Angelou
MAUREEN & COLLINS
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion
Creation,
vacation
MARK
Mucho masturbation
MAUREEN & COLLINS
Compassion, to
fashion, to passion when it's new
COLLINS
To Sontag
ANGEL
To
Sondheim
FOUR PEOPLE
To anything taboo
COLLINS &
ROGER
Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage
COLLINS
Lenny
Bruce
ROGER
Langston Hughes
MAUREEN
To the stage
PERSON
#1
To Uta
PERSON #2
To Buddha
PERSON #3
Pablo Neruda,
too
MARK & MIMI
Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow
To blow off Auntie
Em
ALL
La vie Boheme
(JOANNE returns.)
MAUREEN
And wipe
the speakers off before you pack
JOANNE
Yes, Maureen
MAUREEN
Well --
hurry back
(MAUREEN and JOANNE kiss.)
MR.
GREY
Sisters?
MAUREEN
We're close
(ANGEL jumps on of COLLINS, who's
on the table. They kiss.)
ANGEL, COLLINS, MAUREEN, MARK, MR.
GREY
Brothers!
MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & THREE OTHERS
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo
sapiens,
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, Pee Wee Herman
German wine, turpentine, Gertrude
Stein
Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa
Carmina Burana
ALL
To apathy, to
entropy, to empathy, ecstasy
Vaclav Havel -- The Sex Pistols, 8BC,
To no shame -- never
playing the Fame Game
COLLINS
To marijuana
ALL
To sodomy,
It's
between God and me
To S & M
(MR. GREY walks
out.)
BENNY
Waiter...Waiter...Waiter
ALL
La vie
Boheme
COLLINS
In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu salon will
commence
immediately following dinner...Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap,
will
perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of
iced tea being
stirred.
ROGER
Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability
to
hold an erection on high holy days.
(ROGER picks up an electric guitar and starts
to tune it.)
MARK
Maureen Johnson, back from her spectacular one-night
engagement
at the eleventh street lot, will sing native american tribal chants
backwards
through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the
electric cello -- which she has never
studied.
(At this point, JOANNE has entered and seen MAUREEN playfully kiss
MARK.
JOANNE exits. BENNY pulls MIMI aside.)
BENNY
Your new boyfriend doesn't know about
us?
MIMI
There's nothing to know
BENNY
Don't you think that we
should discuss --
MIMI
It was three months ago
BENNY
He doesn't act
like he's with you
MIMI
We're taking it slow
BENNY
Where is he
now?
MIMI
He's right -- hmm
BENNY
Uh
huh
MIMI
Where'd he go?
MARK
Roger will attempt to write a
bittersweet, evocative song.
(ROGER picks up a guitar and plays Musetta's Theme.)
That
doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz"
COLLINS
Angel Dumott Schunard will now model
the latest fall fashions from Paris ,
while accompanying herself on the 10 gallon plastic
pickle tub.
ANGEL
And Collins will recount his exploits as an anarchist -- including
the
successful reprogramming of the M.I.T. virtual reality equipment
to self-destruct, as
it broadcast the words:
ALL
"Actual reality -- Act Up -- Fight
AIDS"
BENNY
Check!!
(BENNY exits. Lights on MIMI and
ROGER.)
MIMI
Excuse me -- did I do something wrong?
I get invited -- then
ignored -- all night long
ROGER
I've been trying -- I'm not lying
No one's
perfect. I've got baggage
MIMI
Life's too short, babe, time is flying
I'm
looking for baggage that goes with mine
ROGER
I should tell, you
--
MIMI
I've got baggage too
ROGER
I should tell you
--
MIMI
I got baggage, too
ROGER
I should tell you
--
BOTH
Baggage - wine --
OTHERS
And beer!
(Several
beepers sound. Each turns off his or her beeper.)
MIMI
AZT break
(MIMI,
ROGER, ANGEL, and COLLINS take pills.)
ROGER
You?
MIMI
Me.
You?
ROGER
Mimi
(They hold hands and stare into each other's eyes
lovingly. The rest of
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