If You Want To Die In Bed Lyrics - Singles - Miss Saigon

(The ENGINEER is making his way furtively through the city. 

Soldiers seem to be everywhere) 

[ENGINEER] 

If you want to die in bed 

Follow my example 

When you see a cloud ahead 

It's time to show your class 

Hit the door before 

They make a target of your ass 

If you want to die in bed 

In times of revolution 

When the flag they fly is red 

Let pride fill up your chest 

Meanwhile pack your sack 

And take the first boat heading west 

(He enters the abandoned backroom of what was one "Dreamland," 

opens a trapdoor in the floor and removes a tiny box. He opens it) 

My precious souvenirs 

Of all the golden years 

Rolex watches in steel 

That look practically real 

I'll need a little stock 

To start me in Bangkok! 

If you want to die in bed 

Forget about your karma 

When your life hangs by a thread 

Don't cry about the fates 

Grab a stasg of casg 

And plan a rest'rant in the States 

Let me stop for a bit 

This was my greatest hit 

Miss Saigon, in her crown 

I made queen of the town 

I got e'm paying more 

For jst another whore 

Here I come 

U.S.A 

Your next champ's 

On his way 

For men will always be men 

Thr rules are the same 

For kings or for clerks 

Show me francs, or dollars, or yen 

I'll set up a game 

I know how it works 

Why was I born of a race 

That thinks only of rice 

And hates entrepeneurs? 

Me I belong in a place 

Where a man sets his price 

And you pay, and he's yours 

I should be - American! 

Where every promise lands 

And every buisnessman knows where he 

stands 

First stop Bangkok then I roam 

Cross that ocean white with foam 

To the place that's my heart's true home 

If you want to die in bed 

En route to your nirvana 

You gram your chance and plunge 

Ahead 

And go where people win 

Heaven's there - Oh shit 

You need a visa to get in!