《Various Artists》歌词

[00:04:31] Various Artists - Various Artists

[00:04:31] Various Artists

[00:04:31] Rent Soundtrack, Cast Recording

[00:04:31] Christmas Bells (Various Locations, St. Marks Plac

[00:04:31] FIVE HOMELESS PEOPLE

[00:04:31] Christmas bells are ringing

[00:04:31] Christmas bells are ringing

[00:04:31] Christmas bells are singing

[00:04:31] On TV - at Saks

[00:04:31] SQUEEGEEMAN

[00:04:31] Honest living, honest living

[00:04:31] Honest living, honest living

[00:04:31] Honest living, honest living

[00:04:31] ALL FIVE HOMELESS

[00:04:31] Can't you spare a dime or two

[00:04:31] Here but for the grace of God go you

[00:04:31] You'll be merry

[00:04:31] I'll be merry

[00:04:31] Tho merry ain't in my vocabulary

[00:04:31] No sleighbells

[00:04:31] No Santa Claus

[00:04:31] No yule log

[00:04:31] No tinsel

[00:04:31] No holly

[00:04:31] No hearth

[00:04:31] No

[00:04:31] SOLOIST

[00:04:31] 'Rudolph the red nosed reindeer'

[00:04:31] ALL FIVE

[00:04:31] Rudolph the red nosed reindeer

[00:04:31] No room at the Holiday Inn -- oh no

[00:04:31] (A few flakes of snow begin to descend.)

[00:04:31] And it's beginning to snow

[00:04:31] (The stage suddenly explodes with life. The scene is St. Mark's Place

[00:04:31] on Christmas Eve -- an open-air bazaar of color, noise, and

[00:04:31] movement.)

[00:04:31] VENDORS

[00:04:31] Hats, bats, shoes, booze

[00:04:31] Mountain bikes, potpourri

[00:04:31] Leather bags, girlie mags

[00:04:31] Forty-fives, AZT

[00:04:31] VENDOR #1

[00:04:31] No one's buying

[00:04:31] Feel like crying

[00:04:31] ALL

[00:04:31] No room at the Holiday Inn, oh no

[00:04:31] And it's beginning to snow

[00:04:31] (Lights up on one woman, who is showing off a collection of stolen

[00:04:31] coats to COLLINS and ANGEL.)

[00:04:31] VENDOR #2

[00:04:31] How about a fur --

[00:04:31] In perfect shape

[00:04:31] Owned by an MBA from uptown

[00:04:31] I got a tweed

[00:04:31] Broken in by a greedy

[00:04:31] Broker who went broke

[00:04:31] And then broke down

[00:04:31] COLLINS

[00:04:31] You don't have to do this

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Hush your mouth, it's Christmas

[00:04:31] COLLINS

[00:04:31] I do not deserve you, Angel

[00:04:31] COLLINS

[00:04:31] Give--give

[00:04:31] All you do

[00:04:31] Is give

[00:04:31] Give me some way to show

[00:04:31] How much you've touched me so

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Wait--what's on the floor?

[00:04:31] Let's see some more...

[00:04:31] No--no--no...

[00:04:31] Kiss me -- it's beginning to snow

[00:04:31] (Lights focus on MARK and ROGER on right above.)

[00:04:31] MARK

[00:04:31] .. She said, "Would you light my candle?"

[00:04:31] And she put on a pout

[00:04:31] And she wanted you

[00:04:31] To take her out tonight?

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] Right

[00:04:31] MARK

[00:04:31] She got you out!

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] She was more than okay

[00:04:31] But I pushed her away

[00:04:31] It was bad -- I got mad

[00:04:31] And I had to get her out of my sight

[00:04:31] MARK

[00:04:31] Wait, wait, wait -- you said she was sweet

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] Let's go eat -- I'll just get fat

[00:04:31] It's the one vice left when you're dead meat

[00:04:31] (MIMI has entered looking furtively for THE MAN.)

[00:04:31] There -- that's her

[00:04:31] MARK

[00:04:31] Maureen?

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] Mimi!

[00:04:31] MARK

[00:04:31] Whoa!

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] I should go

[00:04:31] MARK

[00:04:31] Hey -- it's beginning to snow

[00:04:31] (The POLICE OFFICERS, in riot gear, enter above.)

[00:04:31] POLICE OFFICERS

[00:04:31] I'm dreaming of a white, right Christmas

[00:04:31] (POLICE OFFICERS exit.)

[00:04:31] MIMI & JUNKIES

[00:04:31] Follow the man -- follow the man

[00:04:31] With his pockets full of the jam

[00:04:31] Follow the man -- follow the man

[00:04:31] Help me out, daddy

[00:04:31] If you can

[00:04:31] Got any D man?

[00:04:31] THE MAN

[00:04:31] I'm cool

[00:04:31] MIMI & JUNKIES

[00:04:31] Got any C man?

[00:04:31] THE MAN

[00:04:31] I'm cool

[00:04:31] MIMI & JUNKIES

[00:04:31] Got any X?

[00:04:31] Any smack?

[00:04:31] Any horse?

[00:04:31] Any jugie boogie boy?

[00:04:31] Any blow?

[00:04:31] (ROGER pulls MIMI aside.)

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] Hey

[00:04:31] MIMI

[00:04:31] Hey

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] I just want to say

[00:04:31] I'm sorry for the way --

[00:04:31] MIMI

[00:04:31] Forget it

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] I blew up

[00:04:31] Can I make it up to you?

[00:04:31] MIMI

[00:04:31] How?

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] Dinner party?

[00:04:31] MIMI

[00:04:31] That'll do

[00:04:31] THE MAN

[00:04:31] Hey lover boy -- cutie pie

[00:04:31] You steal my client -- you die

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] You didn't miss me -- you won't miss her

[00:04:31] You'll never lack for customers

[00:04:31] JUNKIES

[00:04:31] I'm willin'

[00:04:31] I'm illin'

[00:04:31] I gotta get my sickness off

[00:04:31] Gotta run, gotta ride

[00:04:31] Gotta gun, gotta hide -- gotta go

[00:04:31] THE MAN

[00:04:31] And it's beginning to snow

[00:04:31] BENNY

[00:04:31] (entering, talking on his cellular phone)

[00:04:31] Wish me luck, Alison

[00:04:31] The protest is on

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] L.L Bean

[00:04:31] Geoffrey Beene

[00:04:31] Burburry zip out

[00:04:31] Lining

[00:04:31] JUNKIES

[00:04:31] Got any C man?

[00:04:31] Got any D man?

[00:04:31] Got any B man?

[00:04:31] Got any crack?

[00:04:31] Got any X?

[00:04:31] SQUEEGEEMAN

[00:04:31] Honest living --

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] Mark, this is Mimi --

[00:04:31] MARK/MIMI

[00:04:31] Hi

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] She'll be dining -- (with us)

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Here's a new arrival

[00:04:31] THE MAN

[00:04:31] That is an ounce

[00:04:31] VENDORS

[00:04:31] Hats, dats, bats

[00:04:31] COLLINS

[00:04:31] That's my coat!

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] We give discounts

[00:04:31] MARK

[00:04:31] I think we've met

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Let's get a better one

[00:04:31] COLLINS

[00:04:31] It's a sham

[00:04:31] MIMI

[00:04:31] That's what he said

[00:04:31] THE MAN

[00:04:31] I said it's a gram!

[00:04:31] COLLINS

[00:04:31] But she's a thief!

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] But she brought us together

[00:04:31] BENNY

[00:04:31] Which investor is coming??

[00:04:31] COLLINS

[00:04:31] I'll take the leather

[00:04:31] BENNY

[00:04:31] Your father? -- Damn!

[00:04:31] (The following is sung simultaneously.)

[00:04:31] HOMELESS & VENDORS

[00:04:31] Christmas bells are swinging

[00:04:31] Christmas bells are ringing

[00:04:31] Christmas bells are singing

[00:04:31] In my dreams -- next year

[00:04:31] Once you donate you can go

[00:04:31] Celebrate in Tuckahoe

[00:04:31] You'll feel cheery

[00:04:31] I'll feel cheery

[00:04:31] Tho' I don't really know that theory

[00:04:31] No bathrobe

[00:04:31] No steuben glass

[00:04:31] No cappucino makers

[00:04:31] No pearls, no diamonds

[00:04:31] No 'Chestnuts roasting on an open fire'

[00:04:31] Chestnuts roasting on an open fire

[00:04:31] No room at the Holiday Inn, oh no --

[00:04:31] POLICE OFFICERS

[00:04:31] I'm dreaming of a white Christmas

[00:04:31] Just like the ones I used to know

[00:04:31] Jingle bells -- prison cells

[00:04:31] Fa la la la -- fa la la la

[00:04:31] You have the right to remain

[00:04:31] Silent night holy night

[00:04:31] Fall on your knees oh night divine

[00:04:31] You'll do some time

[00:04:31] Fa la la la la

[00:04:31] Fa la la la la

[00:04:31] JUNKIES

[00:04:31] Got any C man?

[00:04:31] Got any D man?

[00:04:31] Got any B man?

[00:04:31] Got any X? -- Crack?

[00:04:31] I'm willin' -- I'm illin'

[00:04:31] Gotta get my sickness off

[00:04:31] C-D help me

[00:04:31] Follow the man -- follow the man

[00:04:31] Follow the man

[00:04:31] Jugie boogie -- jugie boogie

[00:04:31] Follow the man -- follow the man

[00:04:31] Any crack any X any jugie boogie boy

[00:04:31] Any blow any X any jugie boogie boy

[00:04:31] Got any D man, got any C man

[00:04:31] Got any crack -- any X -- any jugie boogie?

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Twenty-five

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Twenty-five

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] No way

[00:04:31] Twenty-four

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Twenty-four

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Not today

[00:04:31] Twenty-three

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Twenty-three

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] It's old

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Twenty-two

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Twenty-one

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] COAT VENDORr

[00:04:31] Seventeen

[00:04:31] ANGEL

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Fifteen

[00:04:31] ANGEL & COAT VENDOR

[00:04:31] Sold!

[00:04:31] MARK & ROGER

[00:04:31] Let's

[00:04:31] Go

[00:04:31] To

[00:04:31] The lot -- Maureen's performing

[00:04:31] MIMI

[00:04:31] Who's Maureen?

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] His ex

[00:04:31] MARK

[00:04:31] But I am over her

[00:04:31] ROGER

[00:04:31] Let's not hold hands yet

[00:04:31] MIMI

[00:04:31] Is that a warning?

[00:04:31] ALL THREE

[00:04:31] He/You/I

[00:04:31] Just

[00:04:31] Need(s)

[00:04:31] To take it slow

[00:04:31] I should tell you I should tell you

[00:04:31] I should tell you I should tell you

[00:04:31] I should tell you I ...

[00:04:31] ALL

[00:04:31] And it's beginning to

[00:04:31] And it's beginning to

[00:04:31] And it's beginning to ---

[00:04:31] (Lights blackout and a blinding headlight comes through the door. As it

[00:04:31] reaches downstage, the lights come up and reveal MAUREEN.)

[00:04:31] MAUREEN

[00:04:31] Joanne, which way to the stage?

[00:04:31] ALL

[00:04:31] Snow!!!

[00:04:31] (Blackout.)