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Lyrics of La Vie Boheme by RENT Soundtrack
ANGEL: Who died?
BENNY: Our Akita
ANGEL, ROGER: Evita
BENNY: You 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
MARK: Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes
COLLINS & ROGER: Dies irae - dies illa, Kyrie eleison
Yitgadal v′yitkadash
MARK: Here she lies, no one knew her worth
The late great daughter of Mother Earth
On these nights when we
Celebrate the birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass - you bet your ass to -
La vie Boheme
ALL: La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
MARK: To days of inspiration
Playing hookey, 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
MR. GREY: Ahhemm
MAUREEN: Hey Mister - she's my sister
WAITER: So that's five miso soup, four seaweed salad
Three soy burger dinner, two tofu dog platter
And one pasta with meatless balls
ROGER: Eww
COLLINS: It tastes the same
MIMI: If you close your eyes
WAITER: 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 GIRLS: To anything taboo
COLLINS & ROGER: Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham and Cage,
COLLINS: Lenny Bruce
ROGER: Langston Hughes
MAUREEN: To the stage
BOHEMIANS: To Uta. To Buddha. Pablo Neruda, too.
MARK & MIMI: Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow
To blow off Auntie Em
ALL: La vie Boheme
MR. GREY: Sisters?
MAUREEN & JOANNE: We′re close
ANGELS & COLLINS: Brothers!
MARK, ANGEL & MIMI: Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo sapiens,
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men,
Pee Wee Herman
German wine, turpetine, Gertrude Stein
Antoniotti, Bertolucci, Kurosawa
Carmina Burana
ALL: To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstacy
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
BENNY: Waiter ... Waiter ... Waiter ... Waiter!
ALL: La vie Boheme
COLLINS: In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu salon
Will commence immediately following dinner ...
Maureen Johnson, just
Back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot,
Will perform Native American tribal chants
Backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric
Cello - which she ain′t never studied.
ROGER: And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability
To hold an erection on the high holy days.
MARK: And Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap,
Will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred.
And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song.
(Roger plays a solo)
That doesn't remind us of "Musetta′s Waltz!"
COLLINS: Angel Dumott Schunard will 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 anarchist -
Including the tale of his successful reprogramming of the M.I.T.
Virtual reality equipment to self-destruct, as it broadcasts the words:
ALL: "Actual reality - Act Up - Fight AIDS"
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
ROGER & MIMI: Baggage
ALL: Wine and beer!
MIMI: AZT break
ROGER: You?
MIMI: Me. You?
ROGER: Mimi
Writer(s): Jonathan D. Larson
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RENT - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2 Disc)
Album • 2005 • 28 tracks
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