You could have been more. Than a name on the door. On the thirty-third floor in the air. More than a credit card. Swimming pool in the backyard. While you still have the time.
Front rooms. Back rooms. Slide into tables. Crowd into bathrooms. Joke around. Cheap talk. Deep talk. Talk, talk, talk around the clock. Crawl home. Lie down.
Let's Bring it on. Top of the world. Were at the top of the world. Were at the top of the world. Were at the top-top-top of the world. Were in the building so people.
3,3,3, is the magic. 3,3,3, is the magic. 3,3,3, is the magic number. 3. it's a magic number. Yes, it is. It's the magic number. Because 2 times 3 is 6.
Spin away the combination for the last time. Say goodbye to this year. I wish I could avoid the empty. Summer days that await me. They fake a smile goodbye, celebrating their new freedom.
Can't ask her to the dance, don't stand a snowball's chance. She'd ever go with me. She's way too beautiful up on the pedestal. She's so out of my league.
[CHRIS]. This money's yours. Please take it all. Hey, you want more?. . [KIM]. No, no, I don't want anything. . [CHRIS]. Hey, what's wrong with you?. .
(The ENGINEER, in a peasant clothes,. is brought back to the city from a re-education camp by THUY's soldiers.. THUY instructs him to find KIM in exchange for his freedom).
[ENGINEER]. Hey monsieur John, how'd you like to get rich. Go home in style. . .?. . [JOHN]. Yeah okay, what's the pitch?. . [ENGINEER]. A U.S. visa to help me out.
[CHRIS]. John, is that you, buddy? Listen to me. Do I sound diff'rent? how else could I be?. Last night I spent a whole lifetime in paradise.. Hey, tell the CO I'm taking all of my leave.
(In KIM's room she has dressed TAM in his best clothes.. She lights candles at her family shrine, then picks up the photo of her parents.). . [KIM]. From this picture I keep.
Good evening, ma'am. Don't turn the bed yet. I'm not the maid. What do you want then?. . They must have written the room number wrong. I am looking for someone named Christopher Scott.
[GIGI]. They are not nice, they're mostly noise. They swear like men, they screw like boys. I know there's nothing in their hearts. But every time I take one in my arms.
(A street pageant is celebrating the glorious victory. of North Vietnam and the THIRD ANNIVERSARY OF REYNIFICATION). . [FIRST GROUP]. On silent feet it came.
Chris. In a place that won't let us feel. In a life where nothing seems real. I have found youI have found you. . Kim. In a world that's moving too fast.
["Dreamland" is a club filled with American Marines,]. [civilians and south Vietnamese officers. The girls parade]. [around and get the crowd to buy raffle tickets:].
(KIM overwhelmed at the prospect of finally being reunited with CHRIS,. recalls the horrifying moments when they were seperated during The Fall of Saigon).
[At another location, CHRIS and the ENGINEER]. . [ENGINEER]. My friend. We had a deal for Kim, but that's on ice. I'm sorry, sergeant, but I've changed the price.
[A MARINE begins to play the saxophone. CHRIS and KIM start to dance.]. [For a long time they don't speak. Finally:]. . [KIM]. My name is Kim. I like you Chris.
[GIRLS]. One of us girls is moving on. One girl will get out of saigon. . [GIGI]. So now who's really Miss Saigon. . [GIRLS]. Tv and stereo she gets. And Elvis Presley on cassettes.