RENT

Rent RENT Lyrics
1.Another Day

ROGER
Who Do You Think You Are?
Barging In On Me And My Guitar
Little Girl - Hey
The Door Is That Way
You Better Go You Know
The Fire's Out Anyway
Take Your Powder - Take Your Candle
Your Sweet Whisper
I Just Can't Handle

Well Take Your Hair In The Moonlight
Your Brown Eyes - Goodbye, Goodnight

I Should Tell You I Should Tell You
I Should Tell You I Should -- No!

Another Time - Another Place
Out Temperature Would Climb
There'd Be A Long Embrace
We'd Do Another Dance
It'd Be Another Play
Looking For Romance
Come Back Another Day
Another Day

MIMI
The Heart May Freeze Or It Can Burn
The Pain Will Ease If I Can Learn

There Is No Future
There Is No Past
I Live This Moment
As My Last

There's Only Us
There's Only This
Forget Regret
Or Life Is Yours To Miss
No Other Road
No Other Way
No Day But Today

ROGER
Excuse Me If I'm Off Track
But If You're So Wise
Then Tell Me - Why Do You Need
Smack?

Take Your Needle
Take Your Fancy Prayer
And Don't Forget
Get The Moonlight Out Of Your Hair

Long Ago - You Might've Lit Up My Heart
But The Fire's Dead - Ain't Never Ever
Gonna Start

Another Time - Another Place
The Words Would Only Rhyme
We'd Be In Outer Space
It'd be Another Song
We'd Sing Another Way
You Wanna Prove Me Wrong?
Come Back Another Day
Another Day

MIMI
There's Only Yes
Only Tonight
We Must Let Go
To Know What's Right
No Other Course
No Other Way
No Day But Today

MIMI & OTHERS
I Can't Control
My Destiny
I Trust My Soul

My Only Goal
Is Just - To Be

There's Only Now

There's Only Here
Give In To Love

Or Live In Fear
No Other Path
No Other Way

No Day But Today

ALL
No Day But Today
Powder

No Day But Today

No Day But Today

No Day But Today

No Day But Today
ROGER
Control Your
Temper
She Doesn't See
Who Say's That
There's A Soul
Just Let Me Be

Who Do You Think
You Are?

Barging In On Me
And My
Guitar
Little Girl, Hey
The Door Is
That Way
The Fire's Out
Anyway

Take Your

Take Your Candle

Take Your Brown
Eyes
Your Pretty Smile
Your Silhouette

Another Time,
Another Place
Another Rhyme,
A Warm Embrace

Another Dance,
Another Way
Another Chance,
Another Day


2.MAUREEN

Her Fever's Breaking

MARK
There Is No Future - There Is No Past

ROGER
Thank God This Moments Not The Last

MIMI & ROGER
There's Only Us
There's Only This
Forget Regret Or Life Is Yours To Miss

ALL
No Other Road No Other Way
No Day But Today

WOMEN
I Can't Control

My Destiny

I Trust My Soul

My Only Goal
Is Just To Be

Without You
The Hand Gropes
The Ear Hears
The Pulse Beats
Life Goes On
But I'm Gone
Cause I Die
Without You
I Die Without You
I Die Without You
No Day But Today
I Die Without You
ALL
No Day But Today
MEN
Will I Lose My
Dignity
Will Someone
Care
Will I Wake
Tomorrow
From This
Nightmare

There's Only Now
There's Only Here
Give In To Love
Or Live In Fear
No Other Path
No Other Way

No Day But Today
No Day But Today
No Day But Today

No Day But Today


3.I'll Cover You

MARK
I'll meet you at the show
I'll try and convince Roger to go
(Mark exits)

ANGEL
Live In My House
I'll Be Your Shelter
Just Pay Me Back
With One Thousand Kisses
Be My Lover - I'll Cover You

COLLINS
Open Your Door
I'll Be Your Tenant
Don't Got Much Baggage

To Lay At Your Feet
But Sweet Kisses I've Got To Spare
I'll Be There - I'll Cover You

BOTH
I Think They Meant It
When They Said You Can't Buy Love
Now I Know You Can Rent It
A New Lease You Are, My Love,
One Life - Be My Life

Just Slip Me On
I'll Be Your Blanket
Wherever - Whatever - I'll Be Your Coat

ANGEL
You'll Be My King
And I'll Be Your Castle

COLLINS
No You'll Be My Queen
And I'll Be Your Moat

BOTH
I Think They Meant It
When They Said You Can't Buy Love
Now I Know You Can Rent It
A New Lease You Are, My Love
On Life

All My Life
I've Longed To Discover
Something As True As This Is

COLLINS
So With A Thousand
Sweet Kisses
And I'll Cover You
With A Thousand
Sweet Kisses
I'll Cover You

When You're Worn
Out And Tired

When Your Heart
Has Expired
ANGEL
If You're Cold
You're Lonely

You've Got One
Nickel Only
With A Thousand
Sweet Kisses
I'll Cover You

With A Thousand
Sweet Kisses
I'll Cover You

BOTH
Oh Lover I'll Cover You
Oh Lover I'll Cover You


4.COLLINS

Live In My House
I'll Be You Shelter
Just Pay Me Back With One Thousand
Kisses
Be My Lover
And I'll Cover You
Open Your Door - I'll Be Your Tenant
Don't Got Much Baggage
To Lay At Your Feet
But Sweet Kisses I've Got To Spare
I'll Be There - I'll Cover You

I Think They Meant It
When They Said You Can't Buy Love
Now I Know You Can Rent It
A New Lease You Were, My Love, On Life

All My Life
I've Longed To Discover
Something As True
As This Is

JOANNE & SOLOISTS
So With A Thousand
Sweet Kisses
I'll Cover You

Wiht A Thousand
Sweet Kisses
I'll Cover You

With A Thousand
Sweet Kisses
I'll Cover You

With A Thousand
Sweet Kisses
I'll Cover You COLLINS

If You're Cold
And You're
Lonely

You've Got One
Nickel Only

when You're
Worn Out
And Tired

When Your Heart
Has Expired
COMPANY
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six
Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Moments So Dear
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six
Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six
Hundred-
Measure A Year
Oh Lover I'll Cover You
Oh Lover I'll Cover You
COLLINS & COMPANY
Oh Lover
I'll Cover You
Oh Lover

COLLINS
I'll Cover You

COMPANY
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six
Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Seasons Of Love

COLLINS
I'll Cover You


5.La Vie Boheme B

MAUREEN
Are we packed?
JOANNE
Yes and by next week
I want you to be

MAUREEN
Pookie?

JOANNE
And You Should See
They've Padlocked Your Building
And They're Rioting On Avenue B
Benny Called The Cops

MAUREEN
That Fuck

JOANNE
They Don't Know What They're Doing
The Cops Are Sweeping The Lot
But No One's Leaving
They're Sitting There, Mooing!

ALL
Yea!!!

To Dance

A GIRL
No Way To Make A Living, Masochism,
Pain, Perfection,
Muscle Spasm, Chiropractors, Short-
Careers, Eating Disorders

ALL
Film

MARK
Adventure, Tedium, No Family, Boring
Locations,
Dark Rooms, Perfect Faces, Egos,
Money, Hollywood And Sleaze

ALL
Music

ANGEL
Food Of Love, Emotion, Mathematics,
Isolation,
Rhythm, Feeling, Power, Harmony,
And Heavy Competition

ALL
Anarchy

COLLINS & MAUREEN
Revolution, Justice, Screaming For
Solutions,
Forcing Changes, Risk, And Danger
Making Noise And Making Pleas

ALL
To Faggots, Lezzies, Dykes, Cross
Dressers Too

MAUREEN
To Me

MARK
To Me

COLLINS & ANGEL
To Me

ALL
To You, And You And You, You And You
To People living With, Living With,
Living With
Not Dying From Disease

Let He Among Us Without Sin
Be The First To Condemn

La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme
La Vie Boheme

MARK
Anyone Out Of The
Mainstream
Is Anyone In The
Mainstream?
Anyone Alive - With A
Sex Drive
Tear Down The Wall
Aren't We All
The Opposite Of War
Isn't Peace...
It's Creation ALL
La Vie Boheme

La Vie Boheme

La Vie Boheme

ALL
La Vie Boheme
MARK
The riot continues
The Christmas tree goes up in flames
The snow dances

Oblivious, Mimi and Roger
exchange a small, lovely kiss

ALL
Viva La Vie Boheme


6.Life Support

STEVE
Steve
GORDON
Gordon

ALI
Ali

PAM
Pam

SUE
Sue

ANGEL
Hi, I'm Angel

COLLINS
Tom, Collins

PAUL
I'm Paul. Let's begin

ALL
There's Only Us
There's Only This ...

MARK
Sorry...Excuse Me...Oops

PAUL
And You Are?

MARK
Oh - I'm Not -
I'm Just Here To -
I Don't Have -
I'm Here With -
Um - Mark
Mark - I'm Mark

Well - This Is Quite An Operation

PAUL
Sit Down Mark
We'll Continue The Affirmation

ALL
Forget Regret Or Life Is Yours To Miss

GORDON
Excuse Me Paul - I'm Having A Problem
With This
This Credo -
My T-Cells Are Low -
I Regret That News, Okay?

PAUL
Alright
But Gordon - How Do You Feel Today?

GORDON
What Do You Mean?

PAUL
How Do You Feel Today?

GORDON
Best I've Felt All Year

PAUL
Then Why Choose Fear?

GORDON
I'm A New Yorker!
Fear's My Life!

Look - I Find Some Of What You Teach
Suspect
Becuase I'm Used To Relying On Intellect
But I Try To Open Up To What I Don't Know

GORDON & ROGER
Because Reason Says I Should Have Died
Three Years Ago

ALL
No Other Road
No Other Way
No Day But Today


7.Light My Candle

ROGER
What'd You Forget?
MIMI
Got A Light?

ROGER
I Know You? -- You're --
You're Shivering

MIMI
It's Nothing
They Turned Off My Heat
And I'm Just A Little
Weak On My Feet
Would You Light My Candle?
What Are You Staring At?

ROGER
Nothing
Your Hair In The Moonlight
You Look Familiar
Can You Make It?

MIMI
Just Haven't Eaten Much Today
At Least The Room Stopped Spinning
Anyway, What?

ROGER
Nothing
Your Smile Reminded Me Of-

MIMI
I Always Remind People Of - Who Is She?

ROGER
She Died. Her Name Was April

MIMI
It's Out Again
Sorry About Your Friend
Would You Light My Candle?

ROGER
Well-

MIMI
Yeah. Ow

ROGER
Oh, The Wax - It's

MIMI
Dripping! I Like It - Between My --

ROGER
Finger. I Figured...
Oh, Well. Goodnight.

(Mimi exits; then knocks again)

It Blew Out Again?

MIMI
No-I Think That I Dropped My Stash

ROGER
I Know I've Seen You Out And About
When I Used To Go Out
Your Candle's Out

MIMI
I'm Illin' -
I Had It When I Walked In The Door
It Was Pure -
Is It On The Floor?

ROGER
The Floor?

MIMI
They Say I Have The Best Ass Below
14TH Street
Is It True?

ROGER
What?

MIMI
You're Staring Again

ROGER
On No
I Mean You Do--Have A Nice--
I Mean--You Look Familiar

MIMI
Like Your Dead Girlfriend?

ROGER
Only When You Smile
But I'm Sure I've Seen You Somewhere
Else--

MIMI
Do You Go To The Cat Scratch Club
That's Where I Work - I Dance - Help Me
Look

ROGER
Yes!
They Used To Tie You Up-

MIMI
It's A Living

ROGER
I Didn't Recognize You
Without The Handcuffs

MIMI
We Could Light The Candle
Oh Won't You Light The Candle

ROGER
Why Don't You Forget That Stuff
You Look Like You're Sixteen

MIMI
I'm Nineteen - But I'm Old For My Age
I'm Just Born To Be Bad

ROGER
I Once Was Born To Be Bad
I Used To Shiver Like That

MIMI
I Have No Heat - I Told You

ROGER
I Used To Sweat

MIMI
I Got A Cold

ROGER
Uh Huh
I Used To Be A Junkie

MIMI
But Now And Then I Like To --

ROGER
Uh Huh

MIMI
Feel Good

ROGER
Here It -- Um --

MIMI
What's That?

ROGER
Candy Bar Wrapper

MIMI
We Could Light The Candle
What'd You Do With My Candle?

ROGER
That Was My Last Match

MIMI
Our Eyes Will Adjust. Thank God For
The Moon

ROGER
Maybe It's Not The Moon At All
I Hear Spike Lee's Shooting Down
The Street

MIMI
Bah Humbug ... Bah Humbug

ROGER
Cold Hands

MIMI
Yours Too
Big. Like My Father's
You Wanna Dance?

ROGER
With You?

MIMI
No - With My Father

ROGER
I'm Roger

MIMI
They Call Me
They Call Me Mimi


8.One Song Glory

ROGER
I'm Writing One Great Song Before I ...
One Song
Glory
One Song
Before I Go
Glory
One Song To Leave Behind

Find One Song
One Last Refrain
Glory
From The Pretty Boy Front Man
Who Wasted Opportunity

One Song
He Had The World At His Feet
Glory
In The Eyes Of A Young Girl
A Young Girl
Find Glory
Beyond The Cheap Colored Lights

One Song
Before The Sun Sets
Glory - On Another Empty Life
Time Flies - Time Dies
Glory - One Blaze Of Glory
One Blaze Of Glory - Glory
Find
One Song
A Song About Love
Glory
From The Soul Of A Young Man
A Young Man

Find
The One Song
Before The Virus Takes Hold
Glory
Like A Sunset
One Song
To Redeem This Empty Life

Time Flies
And Then - No Need To Endure Anymore
Time Dies

(A knock at the door)

The Door


9.Out Tonight

MIMI
What's The Time?
Well It's Gotta Be Close To Midnight
My Body's Talking To Me
It Says, 'Time For Danger'
It Says 'I Wanna Commit A Crime
Wanna Be The Cause Of A Fight
Wanna Put On A Tight Skirt And Flirt
With A Stranger'

I've Had A Knack From Way Back
At Breaking The Rules Once I Learn The
Games
Get Up - Life's Too Quick

I Know Someplace Sick
Where This Chick'll Dance In The Flames

We Don't Need Any Money
I Always Get In For Free
You Can Get In Too
If You Get In With Me

Let's Go Out Tonight
I Have To Go Out Tonight
You Wanna Play?
Let's Run Away
We Won't Be Back
Before It's Christmas Day
Take Me Out Tonight (Meow)

When I Get A Wink From The Doorman
Do You Know How Lucky You'll Be?
That You're On Line With The Feline Of
Avenue B

Let's Go Out Tonight
I Have To Go Out Tonight
You Wanna Prowl
Be My Night Owl?
Well Take My Hand We're Gonna Howl
Out Tonight

In The Evening I've Got To Roam
Can't Sleep At In The City Of Neon And Chrome
Feels Too Damn Much Like Home
When The Spanish Babies Cry

So Let's Find A Bar
So Dark We Forget Who We Are
And All The Scars From The
Nevers And Maybes Die

Let's Go Out Tonight
I Have To Go Out Tonight
You're Sweet
Wanna Hit The Street?
Wanna Wail At The Moon Like A Cat In
Heat?
Just Take Me Out Tonight

Please Take Me Out Tonight
Don't Forsake Me - Out Tonight
I'll Let You Make Me - Out Tonight
Tonight - Tonight - Tonight


10.Rent

MARK
How Do You Document Real Life
When Real Life's Getting More
Like Fiction Each Day
Headlines - Bread-Lines
Blow My Mind
And Now This Deadline
'Eviction - Or Pay'
Rent
ROGER
How Do You Write A Song
When The Chords Sound Wrong
Though They Once Sounded Right And Rare
When The Notes Are Sour
Where Is The Power You Once Had To Ignite the Air

MARK
And We're Hungry And Frozen

ROGER
Some Life That We've Chosen

TOGETHER
How We Gonna Pay
How We Gonna Pay
How We Gonna Pay
Last Year's Rent

MARK
We Light Candles

ROGER
How Do You Start A Fire
When There's Nothing To Burn
And It Feels Like Something's Stuck In
Your Flue

MARK
How Can You Generate Heat
When You Can't Feel Your Feet

BOTH
And They're Turning Blue!

MARK
You Light Up A Mean Blaze

ROGER
With Posters-

MARK
And Screenplays

ROGER & MARK
How We Gonna Pay
How We Gonna Pay
How We Gonna Pay
Last Year's Rent

JOANNE
(On phone)
Don't Screen, Maureen
It's Me - Joanne
Your Substitute Production Manager
Hey Hey Hey! (Did You Eat)
Don't Change The Subject Maureen
But Darling - You Haven't Eatin All Day

You Won't Throw Up
You Won't Throw Up
The Digital Delay--
-Didn't Blow Up (Exactly)
There May Have Been One Teeny Tiny Spark
You're Not Calling Mark

COLLINS
How Do You Stay On Your Feet
When On Every Street
It's 'Trick Or Treat'
(And Tonight It's 'Trick')
'Welcome Back To Town'
I Should Lie Down
Everything's Brown
And Uh - Oh
I Feel Sick

MARK
Where Is He?

COLLINS
Getting Dizzy

MARK & ROGER
How We Gonna Pay
How We Gonna Pay
How We Gonna Pay
Last Year's Rent

BENNY
(On cellular phone)
Allison Baby - You Sound Sad
I Don't Believe Those Two
After Everything I've Done

Ever Since Our Wedding
I'm Dirt - They'll See
I Can Help Them All Out In The Long Run

Forces Are Gathering
Forces Are Gathering
Can't Turn Away
Forces Are Gathering

COLLINS
Ughhhhh-
Ughhhhh-
Ughhhhhh- I Can't Think
Ughhhhh-
Ughhhhh-
Ughhhhh- I Need A Drink

MARK
'The Music Ignites The Night With
Passionate Fire'

JOANNE
Maureen - I'm Not A Theatre Person

ROGER
'The Narration Crackles And Pops With
Incendiary Wit'

JOANNE
Could Never Be A Theatre Person

MARK
Zoom In As They Burn The Past To The
Ground

JOANNE
Hello?

MARK & ROGER
And Feel The Heat Of The Future's
Glow

JOANNE
Hello?

MARK
(On phone)
Hello? Maureen?
-Your Equipment Wont Work?
Okay, All Right, I'll Go!

MARK & HALF OF THE COMPANY
How Do You Leave The Past Behind
When It Keeps Finding Ways To Get To
Your Heart
It Reaches Way Down Deep And Tears
You Inside Out
Til You're Torn Apart
Rent

ROGER & OTHER HALF OF COMPANY
How Can You Connect In An Age
Where Strangers, Landlords, Lovers
Your Own Blood Cells Betray

ALL
What Binds The Fabric Together
When The Raging, Shifting Winds Of Change
Keep Ripping Away

BENNY
Draw A Line In The Sand
And Then Make A Stand

ROGER
Use Your Camera To Spar

MARK
Use Your Guitar

ALL
When They Act Tough - You Call Their
Bluff

MARK & ROGER
We're Not Gonna Pay

MARK & ROGER W/ HALF THE COMPANY
We're Not Gonna Pay

MARK & ROGER W/ OTHER HALF OF
COMPANY
We're Not Gonna Pay

ALL
Last Year's Rent
This Year's Rent
Next Year's Rent

Rent Rent Rent Rent Rent
We're Not Gonna Pay Rent

ROGER & MARK
'Cause Everything Is Rent


11.Seasons Of Love

COMPANY
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Moments So Dear
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure - Measure A Year?
In Daylights - In Sunsets
In Midnights - In Cups Of Coffee
In Inches - In Miles
In Laughter - In Strife

In - Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure
A Year In The Life

How About Love?
How About Love?
How About Love?
Measure In Love

Seasons Of Love
Seasons Of Love

SOLOIST #1
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Journeys To Plan

Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand
Six Hundred Minutes
How Do You Measure The Life
Of A Woman Or A Man?

SOLOIST #2
In Truths That She Learned
Or In Times That He Cried
In Bridges He Burned
Or The Way That She Died

ALL
It's Time Now - To Sing Out
Tho' The Story Never Ends
Let's Celebrate
Remember A Year In The Life Of Friends

Remember The Love
Remember The Love
Remember The Love
Measure In Love

SOLOIST #1
Measure, Measure Your Life In Love

Seasons Of Love...
Seasons Of Love


12.Santa Fe

ANGEL
New York City-
MARK
Uh Huh

ANGEL
Center Of The Universe

COLLINS
Sing It Girl-

ANGEL
Times Are Shitty
But I'm Pretty Sure They Can't Get Worse

MARK
I Hear You

ANGEL
It's A Comfort To Know
When You're Singing The Hit The Road Blues
That Anywhere Else You Could Possibly Go
After New York Would Be A Pleasure
Cruise

COLLINS
Now You're Talking

Well, I'm Thwarted By A Metaphysic
Puzzle
And I'm Sick Of Grading Papers-That I
Know
And I'm Shouting In My Sleep, I Need A Muzzle
All This Misery Pays No Salary, So
Let's Open Up A Restaurant In Santa Fe
Oh Sunny Santa Fe Would Be Nice
Let's Open Up A Restaurant In Santa Fe
And Leave This To The Roaches And Mice

Oh--Oh

ALL
Oh--

ANGEL
You Teach?

COLLINS
- I Teach Computer Age Philosophy
But My Students Would Rather Watch TV

ANGEL
America

ALL
America!

COLLINS
You're A Sensitive Aesthete
Brush The Sauce Onto The Meat
You Could Make The Menu Sparkle
With Rhyme
You Could Drum A Gentle Drum
I Could Seat Gueats As They Come
Chatting Not About Heidegger, But Wine!

Let's Open Up A Restaurant In Santa Fe
Our Labors Would Reap Financial Gains

ALL
Gains, Gains, Gains

COLLINS
We'll Open Up A Restaurant In Santa Fe
And Save From Devastation Our Brains

HOMELESS
Save Our Brains

ALL
We'll Pack Up All Our Junk And Fly
So Far Away
Devote Ourselves To Projects That Sell
We'll Open Up A Restaurant In Santa Fe
Forget This Cold Bohemian Hell
Oh...Oh...

COLLINS
Do You Know The Way To Santa Fe?
You Know, Tumbleweeds...Prairie Dogs...
Yeah


13.Take Me Or Leave Me

MARK
Valentine's Day...Pan across the empty lot. Roger's down at
Mimi's where he's been for almost two months - tho' te
talks about selling his guitar and getting out of here. (Still
jealous jf Benny)...God knows where Collins and Angel
are...could be that new Shanty Town by the river or a suite
at the plaza...Maureen and joanne are rehearsing. That is if
they're speaking this week...Me? I'm here. Nowhere.
MAUREEN
Every Single Day
I Walk Down The Street
I Hear People Say,
'Baby's So Sweet'

Ever Since Puberty
Everybody Stares At Me
Boys-Girls
I Can't Help It Baby

So Be Kind
Don't Lose Your Mind
Just Remember That I'm Your Baby

Take Me For What I Am
Who I Was Meant To Be
And If You Give A Damn
Take Me Baby Or Leave Me
Take Me Baby Or Leave Me

A Tiger In A Cage
Can Never See The Sun
This Diva Needs Her Stage
Baby-Let's Have Fun!

You Are The One I Choose
Folks'd Kill To Fill Your Shoes
You Love The Limelight Too, Baby

So Be Mine Or Don't Waste Your Time
Cryin'-'Honeybear-Are You Still My
Baby?'

Take Me For What I Am
Who I Was Meant To Be
And If You Give A Damn
Take Me Baby Or Leave Me

No Way-Can I Be What I'm Not
But Hey-Don't You Want Your Girl Hot!
Don't Fight-Don't Lose Your Head
Cause Every Night-Who's In Your Bed?
Who's In Your Bed, Baby?

Kiss Pookie

JOANNE
It Won't Work.
I Look Before I Leap
I Love Margins And Discipline
I Make Lists In My Sleep
Baby What's My Sin?

Never Quit - I Follow Through
I Hate Mess - But I Love You
What To Do
With My Impromtu Baby

So Be Wise
This Girl Satisfies
You've Got A Prize But Don't Compromise
You're One Lucky Baby
Take Me For What I Am

MAUREEN
A Control Freak

JOANNE
Who I Was Meant To Be

MAUREEN
A Snob-Yet Over-Attentive

JOANNE
And If You Give A Damn

MAUREEN
A Lovable, Droll Geek

JOANNE
Take Me Baby Or Leave Me

MAUREEN
And Anal Retentive!

BOTH
That's It!

JOANNE
The Straw That Breaks My Back

BOTH
I Quit

JOANNE
Unless You Take It Back

BOTH
Women

MAUREEN
What Is It About Them?

BOTH
Can't Live-
With Them-
Or Without Them!

Take Me For What I Am
Who I Was Meant To Be
And If You Give A Damn
Take Me Baby Or Leave Me
Take Me Baby
Or Leave Me

Guess I'm Leavin'
I'm Gone!


14.Today For You

MARK
Enter Tom Collins, computer genius, teacher, vagabond
anarchist, who ran naked through the parthenon.
MARK & COLLINS
Bustelo - Marlbor
Banana By The Bunch
A Box Of Captain Crunch Will Taste
So Good

COLLINS
And Firewood

MARK
Look - It's Santa Claus

COLLINS
Hold Your Applause

ROGER
Oh Hi

COLLINS
'Oh Hi' After Seven Months?

ROGER
Sorry

COLLINS
This Boy Could Use Some Stoli

COLLINS, MARK & ROGER
Oh Holy Night

ROGER
You Struck Gold At MIT?

COLLINS
They Expelled Me For My Theory Of
Actual Reality
Which I'll Soon Impart
To The Couch Potatoes At New York
University
Still Haven't Left The House?

ROGER
I Was Waiting For You Don't You Know

COLLINS
Well, Tonight's The Night
Come To The Life Cafe After Maureen'
Show

MARK & ROGER
No Flow

COLLINS
Gentlemen, Our Benefactor On This
Christmas Eve
Whose Charity Is Only Matched By
Talent, I Believe
A New Member Of The Alphabet City
Avant-Garde
Angel Dumott Schunard!

ANGEL
Today For You - Tomorrow For Me
Today For You - Tomorrow For Me

COLLINS
And You Should Hear Her Beat!

ROGER
You Earned This On The Street?

ANGEL
It Was My Lucky Day Today On Avenue A
When A Lady In A Limousine Drove My Way
She Said, 'Dahling-Be A Dear - Haven't
Slept In A Year
I Need Your Help To Make My Neighbor's
Yappy Dog Disappear'

'This Akita-Evita - Just Won't Shut Up
I Believe If You Play Non-Stop That Pup
Will Breathe Its Very Last High-Strung
Breath
I'm Certain That Cur Will Bark Itself To
Death'

Today For You - Tomorrow For Me
Today For You - Tomorrow For Me

We Agreed On A Fee - A Thousand Dollar
Guarentee,
Tax-Free - And A Bonus If I Trim Her Tree
Now Who Could Foretell That It Would
Go So Well
But Sure As I Am Here That Dog Is Now In
Doggy Hell

After An Hour - Evita - In All Her Glory
On The Window Ledge Of That 23RD Story
Like Thelma & Louise Did When They Got
The Blues
Swan Dove Into The Courtyard Of The
Gracie Mews

Today For You - Tomorrow For Me
Today For You - Tomorrow For Me

Then Back To The Street Where I Met
My Sweet
Where He Was Moaning And Groaning On
The Cold Concrete
The Nurse Took Him Home For Some
Mercurochrome
And I Dressed His Wounds And Got Him
Back On His Feet

Sing It
Today For You - Tomorrow For Me
Today For You - Tomorrow For Me
Today For You - Tomorrow For Me
Today For You - Tomorrow For Me


15.What You Own

MARK
'Hi. Mark Cohen for Buzzline...Back to you Alexi. Coming
up, vampire welfare queens who are compulsive bowlers.'
Oh God, what am I doing?

Don't Breathe Too Deep
Don't Think All Day
Dive Into Work
Drive The Other Way
That Drip Of Hurt
That Pint Of Shame
Goes Away
Just Play The Game

You're Living In America
At The End Of The Millennium

You're Living Inn America
Leave Your Conscience At The Tone

And When You're Lviging In America
At The End Of The Millennium
You're What You Own

ROGER
The Filmmaker Cannot See

MARK
And The Songwriter Cannot Hear

ROGER
Yet I See Mimi Everywhere

MARK
Angel's Voice Is In My Ear

ROGER
Just Tighten Those Shoulders

MARK
Just Clench Your Jaw Til You Frown

ROGER
Just Don't Let Go

BOTH
Or You May Drown

You're Living In America
At The End Of The Millennium
You're Living In America
Where It's Like The Twilight Zone

And When You're Living In America
At The End Of The Millennium
You're What You Own

So I Own Not A Notion
I Escape And Ape Content
I Don't Own Emotion - I Rent

MARK
What Was It About That Night

ROGER
What Was It About That Night

BOTH
Connection-In An Isolating Age

MARK
For Once-The Shadows Gave Way To
Light

ROGER
For Once The Shadows Gave Way To
Light

BOTH
For Once I Disengage

MARK
Angel- I Hear You- I Hear It
I See It- I See It
My Film!

ROGER
Mimi I See You- I See It
I Hear It- I Hear It
My Song!

MARK (On the phone)
Alexi - Mark
Call Me A Hypocrite
I Need TO Finish My
Own Film
I Quit! ROGER
One Song-Glory
Mimi
Your Eyes

BOTH
Dying In America
At The End Of The Millennium
We're Dying In America
To Come Into Our Own
And When You're Dying In America
At The End Of The Millennium
You're Not Alone

I'm Not Alone
I'm Not Alone


16.Will I?

STEVE
Will I Lose My Dignity
Will Someone Care
Will I Wake Tomorrow
From This Nightmare?
GROUP #1
Will I Lose My Dignity
Will Someone Care
Will I Wake Tomorrow
From This Nightmare?

GROUP #2
Will I Lose My Dignity
Will Someone Care
Will I Wake Tomorrow
From This Nightmare?

GROUP #3
Will I Lose My Dignity
Will Someone Care
Will I Wake Tomorrow
From This Nightmare?

GROUP #4
Will I Lose My Dignity
Will Someone Care
Will I Wake Tomorrow
From This Nightmare?


17.Without You

MIMI
Without You
The Ground Thaws
The Rain Falls
The Grass Grows

Without You
The Seeds Root
The Flowers Bloom
The Children Play

The Stars GleamThe Eagles Fly
Without You

The Earth Turns
The Sun Burns
But I Die
Without You

Without You
The Breeze Warms
The Girls Smiles
The Cloud Moves

Without You
The Tides ChangeThe Oceans Crash

The Crowd Roars
The Days Soar
The Babies Cry
Without You

The Moon Glows
The River Flows
But I Die
Without You

ROGER
The World Revives

MIMI
Colors Renew

BOTH
But I Know
Only Blue
Lonely Blue
Within Me, Blue
Without You

MIMI
Without You
The Hand Gropes
The Ear Hears
The Pulse Beats

ROGER
Without You
The Eyes Gaze
The Legs Walk
The Lungs Breathe

BOTH
The Mind Churns
The Heart Yearns
The Tears Dry
Without You

Life Goes On
But I'm Gone
Cause I Die

ROGER
Without You

MIMI
Without You

ROGER
Without You

BOTH
Without You