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If You Want To Die In Bed Lyrics


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 a sack
and take the first boat heading west

(he enters the abandoned backroom of what was once "Dreamland",
opens a trapdoor in the
floor and removes a tin 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 stash of cash
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 'em paying more
for just another whore

here I come
U.S.A.
your next champ's
on his way

for men will always be men
the rules are the same
for kings or for clerks

give 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 entrepreneurs?
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 businessman 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 grab a chance and plunge ahead
and go where people win

heaven's there... oh, shit!
you need a visa to get in
Last Update: October, 23rd 2014

Miss Saigon Lyrics

  1. Act 1
  2. Overture/Back Stage Dreamland
  3. The Heat Is On In Saigon
  4. The Movie In My Mind
  5. The Transaction
  6. The Dance
  7. Why God Why?
  8. This Money Is Yours
  9. Sun And Moon
  10. The Telephone Song
  11. The Deal
  12. The Wedding Ceremony (Dju Vui Vai)
  13. Thuy's Arrival
  14. What's This I Find
  15. The Last Night Of The World
  16. The Morning Of The Dragon
  17. I Still Believe
  18. Back in Town
  19. This Is The Hour
  20. If You Want To Die In Bed
  21. Let Me See His Western Nose
  22. I'd Give My Life For You
  23. Act 2
  24. Bui-Doi
  25. The Revelation
  26. What A Waste
  27. Please
  28. Chris Is Here
  29. Kim's Nightmare
  30. The Fall Of Saigon
  31. Room 317
  32. Now That I've Seen Her
  33. The Confrontation
  34. Paper Dragons
  35. The American Dream
  36. The Sacred Bird
  37. Finale

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