Overture
Original London Cast"Overture" is a song by Original London Cast, released in 2011 in the Pop genre. The song is 3:21 long and contains 69 lines and 314 words.
Lyrics
0:00A Friday night in April 1975 Backstage at an after-hours club in Saigon
0:04Vietnamese bar-girls are getting into costumes
1:29GIRLS
1:29Tonight I will be Miss Saigon
1:31GIGI
1:31Tonight you'll be miss "jumped upon"
1:33GIRLS
1:33I'll win a GI and be gone
1:35GIGI
1:36He'll screw you with your crown still on
1:38MIMI
1:38What happens when the Cong attack
1:40GIGI
1:40They'll rip the hot pants off your back
1:42ALL GIRLS
1:42The VC all wear basic black
1:44(a new girl KIM is trying to stuff cotton into her bra )
1:46KIM
1:50Is this the way you make a chest
1:53GIGI
1:53(removes the cotton)
1:54Hey give that virgin act a rest
1:57ALL GIRLS
1:57(mocking the new girl)
1:59"you are my first American"
2:01(they laugh)
2:02(the ENGINEER enters)
2:03ENGINEER
2:03Allez allez allez
2:04Why does it take all day
2:06Get your asses on stage I'm raising cash tonight
2:09GIRLS
2:09Tonight I will be Miss Saigon
2:11ENGINEER
2:11Tell yourself that your passport's standing at the bar
2:13GIRLS
2:14Tonight I will be Miss Saigon
2:15ENGINEER
2:16Each day these little bums of yours are worth less and less
2:20Rake in the dollars now before the market falls too far
2:23(the ENGINEER looks through the door into the club )
2:24ENGINEER
2:24Look who I got out here
2:26I can still engineer
2:30It's like the old days my little gamines
2:32GIRLS
2:32Oh sure
2:33ENGINEER
2:33You know who's out here a gang of marines
2:35GIRLS
2:35They're here
2:36ENGINEER
2:36We'll clean them out the American way
2:37GIRLS
2:37Yes sir
2:38ENGINEER
2:38For something free they don't care what they pay
2:40(turns to KIM)
2:41Why are you in that dress
2:42Ah it's my new princess
2:45Ah yes
2:52That bridal gown gives you some class
2:59Lower your eyelids as you pass
3:06Men pay a lot for virgin ass
3:11Allez allez allez
3:13Get out and do your song
3:15Don't make the show too long
3:16Voila' on stage all welcome to
3:21Dreamland
A Friday night in April 1975 Backstage at an after-hours club in Saigon Vietnamese bar-girls are getting into costumes GIRLS Tonight I will be Miss Saigon GIGI Tonight you'll be miss "jumped upon" GIRLS I'll win a GI and be gone GIGI He'll screw you with your crown still on MIMI What happens when the Cong attack GIGI They'll rip the hot pants off your back ALL GIRLS The VC all wear basic black (a new girl KIM is trying to stuff cotton into her bra ) KIM Is this the way you make a chest GIGI (removes the cotton) Hey give that virgin act a rest ALL GIRLS (mocking the new girl) "you are my first American" (they laugh) (the ENGINEER enters) ENGINEER Allez allez allez Why does it take all day Get your asses on stage I'm raising cash tonight GIRLS Tonight I will be Miss Saigon ENGINEER Tell yourself that your passport's standing at the bar GIRLS Tonight I will be Miss Saigon ENGINEER Each day these little bums of yours are worth less and less Rake in the dollars now before the market falls too far (the ENGINEER looks through the door into the club ) ENGINEER Look who I got out here I can still engineer It's like the old days my little gamines GIRLS Oh sure ENGINEER You know who's out here a gang of marines GIRLS They're here ENGINEER We'll clean them out the American way GIRLS Yes sir ENGINEER For something free they don't care what they pay (turns to KIM) Why are you in that dress Ah it's my new princess Ah yes That bridal gown gives you some class Lower your eyelids as you pass Men pay a lot for virgin ass Allez allez allez Get out and do your song Don't make the show too long Voila' on stage all welcome to Dreamland
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