Arif Mardin - La Vie Bohème lyrics

[RESTAURANT MAN] No, please no Not tonight, please no Mister, can't you go? Not tonight, can't have a scene [ROGER] What? [RESTAURANT MAN] Go, please go You -- Hello, sir! -- I said no Important customer [MARK] What am I, just a blur? [RESTAURANT MAN] You sit all night, you never buy! [MARK] That's a lie, that's a lie! I had a tea the other day [RESTAURANT MAN] You couldn't pay [MARK] Oh yeah... [COLLINS] Benjamin Coffin III? Here? [RESTAURANT MAN] Oh no! [ALL] Wine and beer! [MAUREEN] The enemy of Avenue A We'll stay [RESTAURANT MAN] Oy vey! [COLLINS] What brings the mogul in his own mind to the Life Cafe? [BENNY] I would like to propose a toast To Maureen's noble try It went well [MAUREEN] Go to Hell [BENNY] Was the yuppie scum stomped? Not counting the homeless How many tickets weren't comped? [ROGER] Why did Muffy-- [BENNY] Alison [ROGER] --miss the show? [BENNY] There was a d**h in the family If you must know [ANGEL] Who died? [BENNY] Our Akita [BENNY, MARK, ANGEL, COLLINS] Evita [BENNY] Mimi, I'm surprised A bright and charming girl like you Hangs out with these slackers Who don't adhere to deals They 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 veyitkadash [MARK] Here she lies No one knew her worth The late great daughter of Mother Earth On this night when we celebrate the birth In that little town of Bethlehem We raise our gla** You bet your a**, to La vie Bohème [ALL] La vie Bohème La vie Bohème La vie Bohème La vie Bohème [MARK] To days of inspiration Playing hooky 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 Absolut To choice To The Village Voice To any pa**ing fad To being an us, for once Instead of a them [ALL] La vie Bohème La vie Bohème [MAUREEN] Is the equipment in a pyramid? [JOANNE] It is, Maureen [MAUREEN] The mixer doesn't have a case Don't give me that face [MR. GREY] Ahemm [MAUREEN] Hey, Mister She's my sister [RESTAURANT MAN] So that's five miso soup Four seaweed salad Three soy burger dinner Two tofu dog platter And one pasta with meatless balls [A BOY] Ew [COLLINS] It tastes the same [MIMI] If you close your eyes [RESTAURANT MAN] 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 dil*os, to curry vindaloo To huevos rancheros and Maya Angelou [MAUREEN & COLLINS] Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion Creation, vacation [MARK] Mucho masturbation [MAUREEN & COLLINS] Compa**ion, to fashion, to pa**ion When it's new [COLLINS] To Sontag [ANGEL] To Sondheim [FOUR PEOPLE] To anything taboo [COLLINS & ROGER] Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunningham, and Cage [COLLINS] Lenny Bruce [ROGER] Langston Hughes [MAUREEN] To the stage [PERSON #1] To Uta [PERSON #2] To Buddha [PERSON #3] Pablo Neruda, too [MARK & MIMI] Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow To blow off Auntie Em [ALL] La vie Bohème [MAUREEN] And wipe the speakers off before you pack [JOANNE] Yes, Maureen [MAUREEN] Well, hurry back (they kiss) [MR. GREY] Sisters? [MAUREEN] We're close [ANGEL, COLLINS, MARK, MR. GREY] Brothers! [MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & THREE OTHERS] Bis**uals, tris**uals, h*mo sapiens Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men Pee-wee Herman German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein Antonioni, Bertolucci, Kurosawa Carmina Burana [ALL] To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy 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! [ALL] La vie Bohème [COLLINS] In honor of the d**h of bohemia, an impromtu salon will commence immediately following dinner. Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap will perform her famous lawn chair-handcuff dance to the sounds of iced tea being stirred [ROGER] Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to hold an erection on high holy days [MARK] Maureen Johnson, back from her spectacular one-night engagement at the eleventh street lot, will sing Native American tribal chants backwards through her vocoder, while accompanying herself on the electric cello, which she has never studied [BENNY] Your new boyfriend doesn't know about us [MIMI] There's nothing to know [BENNY] Don't you think that we should discuss -- [MIMI] It was three months ago [BENNY] He doesn't act like he's with you [MIMI] We're taking it slow [BENNY] Where is he now? [MIMI] He's right -- Hmm [BENNY] Uh huh... [MIMI] Where'd he go? [MARK] And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song (Roger picks up a guitar and plays) [MARK] 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 the 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!" [BENNY] Check!! [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-- [BOTH] Baggage Wine-- [OTHERS] --And beer! [MIMI] AZT break [ROGER] You? [MIMI] Me. You? [ROGER] Mimi