LA VIE BOHEME Song Lyrics

SOUNDTRACK - RENT || (2005)

Title: Artist: SOUNDTRACK - RENT Song: LA VIE BOHEME Album: (2005) - ID: 580080 - Date and time (posted): 2005-12-03 22:01:06
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(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 Absolute- to choice
To the Village Voice
To any passing fad
To being an us-for once-, instead of a them -

[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 top 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 the company freezes)

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SOUNDTRACK - RENT - LA VIE BOHEME

That was perfect I love that you knew everyone's part, I love this part: [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