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Take Me or Leave Me
maureen:
every single day,
i walk down the street
i hear people say 'baby so sweet'
ever since puberty
everybody stares at me
boys girls i can't help it baby
so be kind and don't lose your mind
just remember that i'm your baby
take me for what i am
who i was ment to be
and if you give a damn
take me baby
or leave me
take me or leave me
Maureen:
a tiger in a cage
can never see the sun
this diva needs her stage baby
lets have fun
you are the one i choose
folks will kill to fill your shoes
you love the lime light to now baby
so be mine but don't waste my time
cryin' 'honey bear are you still my, my, my baby?'
take me for what i am
who i was ment to be
and if you give a damn
take me baby or leave me
no way, can i be what i'm not
but hey, don't you want your girl hot?
oh, don't fight, don't loose your head
'cause every night who's in your bed?
who?
who's in your bed?
spoken:kiss pookie
Joanne:
it won't work
i look before i leap
i love margins and discipline
i make list in my sleep baby
whats my sin?
never quit
i follow through
i hate mess but i love you
what do with my improptu baby?
so be wise 'cause this girl satisfies
you got a prize but don't compomise
your one lucky baby
joanne: take me for what i am
maureen: a control freak
joanne: who i was ment to be
maureen: a snob yet over attentive
joanne: and if you give a damn
maureen: a loveable droll geek
joanne: take me baby or leave me
maureen: a anal retentave
both: thats it
joanne: the straw that breaks my back
both: i quit
joanne: unless you take it back
maureen: women what is it about them?
both: can't live with them or without them
chorus:
both: take me for what i am
joanne: who i was ment to be
maureen: who i was ment to be
and if you give a damn
joanne: and if you give a damn then
take me baby, or leave me
maureen:take me baby, take me or la-la-la-la-la-leave me
both: take me baby or leave me
spoken: guess i'm leaving i'm gone!
Light My Candle
ROGER]
What'd you forget?
[MIMI enters, holding a candle and looking for a match;]
[her electricity is down, too.]
[MIMI]
Got a light?
[ROGER]
I know you? -- You're --
You're shivering
[MIMI]
It's nothing
They turned off my heat
And I'm just a little
Weak on my feet
Would you light my candle?
What are you staring at?
[ROGER]
Nothing
Your hair in the moonlight
You look familiar
[He lights her candle. MIMI starts to leave, but stumbles.]
Can you make it?
[MIMI]
Just haven't eaten much today
At least the room stopped spinning.
Anyway. What?
[ROGER]
Nothing
Your smile reminded me of --
[MIMI]
I always remind people of -- who is she?
[ROGER]
She died. Her name was April
[MIMI discreetly blows out the candle.]
[MIMI]
It's out again
Sorry about your friend
Would you light my candle?
[ROGER lights the candle. They linger, awkwardly.]
[ROGER]
Well --
[MIMI]
Yeah. Ow!
[ROGER]
Oh, the wax -- it's --
[MIMI]
Dripping! I like it -- between my --
[ROGER]
Fingers. I figured...
Oh, well. Goodnight.
[MIMI exits. ROGER heads back toward his guitar on the table.]
[There is another knock, which he answers.]
It blew out again?
[MIMI]
No -- I think that I dropped my stash
[ROGER]
I know I've seen you out and about
When I used to go out
Your candle's out
[MIMI]
I'm illin' --
I had it when I walked in the door
It was pure --
Is it on the floor?
[ROGER]
The floor?
[MIMI gets down on all fours and starts searching]
[the floor for her stash. She lookss back at ROGER,]
[who is staring at her again.]
[MIMI]
They say I have the best ass below 14th street
Is it true?
[ROGER]
What?
[MIMI]
You're staring again.
[ROGER]
Oh no.
I mean you do -- have a nice --
I mean -- You look familiar
[MIMI]
Like your dead girlfriend?
[ROGER]
Only when you smile.
But I'm sure I've seen you somewhere else --
[MIMI]
Do you go to the Cat Scratch Club?
That's where I work - I dance - help me look
[ROGER]
Yes!
They used to tie you up --
[MIMI]
It's a living
[MIMI douses the flame again.]
[ROGER]
I didn't recognize you
Without the handcuffs
[MIMI]
We could light the candle
Oh won't you light the candle?
[ROGER lights it again.]
[ROGER]
Why don't you forget that stuff
You look like you're sixteen
[MIMI]
I'm nineteen -- but I'm old for my age
I'm just born to be bad
[ROGER]
I once was born to be bad
I used to shiver like that
[MIMI]
I have no heat -- I told you
[ROGER]
I used to sweat
[MIMI]
I got a cold
[ROGER]
Uh huh
I used to be a junkie
[MIMI]
But now and then I like to --
[ROGER]
Uh huh
[MIMI]
Feel good
[ROGER]
Here it -- um --
[ROGER stoops and picks up a small object: MIMI's stash.]
[MIMI]
What's that?
[ROGER]
It's a candy bar wrapper
[ROGER puts it behind his back and into his pocket.]
[MIMI]
We could light the candle
[ROGER discreetly blows out the candle.]
[MIMI]
What'd you do with my candle?
[ROGER]
That was my last match
[MIMI]
Our eyes'll adjust, thank God for the moon
[ROGER]
Maybe it's not the moon at all
I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street
[MIMI]
Bah humbug ... Bah humbug
[MIMI places her hand under his, pretending to do it by accident.]
[ROGER]
Cold hands
[MIMI]
Yours too.
Big. Like my father's
You wanna dance?
[ROGER]
With you?
[MIMI]
No -- with my father
[ROGER]
I'm Roger
[MIMI]
They call me
They call me Mimi
[They come extremely close to a kiss.]
[MIMI reaches into his pocket, nabs the stash,]
[waves it in front of his face, and makes a sexy exit.]
La Vie Boheme
MARK
Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes
COLLINS & ROGER
Dies irae dies illa
Kyrie eleison
Yitgadal v' yitkadash, etc.
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 glass- you bet your ass to-
(MAUREEN flashes hers)
La vie Boheme
ALL
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
MARK
To days of inspiration
Playing hookie, 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
(JOANNE enters)
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
(MAUREEN smacks JOANNE's ass as she exits. MR. GREY reacts)
MR. GREY
Ahhemm
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
Ugh
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 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 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 Boheme
(JOANNE returns)
MAUREEN
And wipe the speakers off before you pack
JOANNE
Yes, Maureen
MAUREEN
Well - hurry back
(MAUREEN and JOANNE kiss)
MR. GREY
Sisters?
MAUREEN
We're close
(ANGEL jumps on top of COLLINS, who's on the table. They kiss)
ANGEL, COLLINS, MAUREEN, MARK, MR. GREY
Brothers!
MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & THREE OTHERS
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo 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
(MR. GREY walks out)
BENNY
Waiter...Waiter...Waiter
ALL
La vie Boheme
COLLINS
In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu 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
(ROGER picks up an electric guitar and starts to tune it)
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
(At this point, JOANNE has entered and seen MAUREEN playfully kiss
MARK. JOANNE exits. BENNY pulls MIMI aside)
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
Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song
(ROGER picks up a guitar and plays Musetta's Theme)
That doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz"
COLLINS
Angel Dumott Schunard will now 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 an anarchist
Including the successful reprogramming of the M.I.T. virtual reality equipment
To self-destruct, as it broadcast the words:
ALL
"Actual reality -- Act Up -- Fight AIDS"
BENNY
Check!
(BENNY exits. Lights on MIMI and ROGER)
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
MIMI
I got baggage, too
ROGER
I should tell you
BOTH
Baggage - wine
OTHERS
And beer!
(Several beepers sound. Each turns off his or her beeper)
MIMI
AZT break
(MIMI, ROGER, ANGEL, and COLLINS take pills)
ROGER
You?
MIMI
Me , You?
ROGER
Mimi
(They hold hands and stare into each other's eyes lovingly. The rest of the
company freezes)
Take Me or Leave Me
maureen:
every single day,
i walk down the street
i hear people say 'baby so sweet'
ever since puberty
everybody stares at me
boys girls i can't help it baby
so be kind and don't lose your mind
just remember that i'm your baby
take me for what i am
who i was ment to be
and if you give a damn
take me baby
or leave me
take me or leave me
Maureen:
a tiger in a cage
can never see the sun
this diva needs her stage baby
lets have fun
you are the one i choose
folks will kill to fill your shoes
you love the lime light to now baby
so be mine but don't waste my time
cryin' 'honey bear are you still my, my, my baby?'
take me for what i am
who i was ment to be
and if you give a damn
take me baby or leave me
no way, can i be what i'm not
but hey, don't you want your girl hot?
oh, don't fight, don't loose your head
'cause every night who's in your bed?
who?
who's in your bed?
spoken:kiss pookie
Joanne:
it won't work
i look before i leap
i love margins and discipline
i make list in my sleep baby
whats my sin?
never quit
i follow through
i hate mess but i love you
what do with my improptu baby?
so be wise 'cause this girl satisfies
you got a prize but don't compomise
your one lucky baby
joanne: take me for what i am
maureen: a control freak
joanne: who i was ment to be
maureen: a snob yet over attentive
joanne: and if you give a damn
maureen: a loveable droll geek
joanne: take me baby or leave me
maureen: a anal retentave
both: thats it
joanne: the straw that breaks my back
both: i quit
joanne: unless you take it back
maureen: women what is it about them?
both: can't live with them or without them
chorus:
both: take me for what i am
joanne: who i was ment to be
maureen: who i was ment to be
and if you give a damn
joanne: and if you give a damn then
take me baby, or leave me
maureen:take me baby, take me or la-la-la-la-la-leave me
both: take me baby or leave me
spoken: guess i'm leaving i'm gone!
Light My Candle
ROGER]
What'd you forget?
[MIMI enters, holding a candle and looking for a match;]
[her electricity is down, too.]
[MIMI]
Got a light?
[ROGER]
I know you? -- You're --
You're shivering
[MIMI]
It's nothing
They turned off my heat
And I'm just a little
Weak on my feet
Would you light my candle?
What are you staring at?
[ROGER]
Nothing
Your hair in the moonlight
You look familiar
[He lights her candle. MIMI starts to leave, but stumbles.]
Can you make it?
[MIMI]
Just haven't eaten much today
At least the room stopped spinning.
Anyway. What?
[ROGER]
Nothing
Your smile reminded me of --
[MIMI]
I always remind people of -- who is she?
[ROGER]
She died. Her name was April
[MIMI discreetly blows out the candle.]
[MIMI]
It's out again
Sorry about your friend
Would you light my candle?
[ROGER lights the candle. They linger, awkwardly.]
[ROGER]
Well --
[MIMI]
Yeah. Ow!
[ROGER]
Oh, the wax -- it's --
[MIMI]
Dripping! I like it -- between my --
[ROGER]
Fingers. I figured...
Oh, well. Goodnight.
[MIMI exits. ROGER heads back toward his guitar on the table.]
[There is another knock, which he answers.]
It blew out again?
[MIMI]
No -- I think that I dropped my stash
[ROGER]
I know I've seen you out and about
When I used to go out
Your candle's out
[MIMI]
I'm illin' --
I had it when I walked in the door
It was pure --
Is it on the floor?
[ROGER]
The floor?
[MIMI gets down on all fours and starts searching]
[the floor for her stash. She lookss back at ROGER,]
[who is staring at her again.]
[MIMI]
They say I have the best ass below 14th street
Is it true?
[ROGER]
What?
[MIMI]
You're staring again.
[ROGER]
Oh no.
I mean you do -- have a nice --
I mean -- You look familiar
[MIMI]
Like your dead girlfriend?
[ROGER]
Only when you smile.
But I'm sure I've seen you somewhere else --
[MIMI]
Do you go to the Cat Scratch Club?
That's where I work - I dance - help me look
[ROGER]
Yes!
They used to tie you up --
[MIMI]
It's a living
[MIMI douses the flame again.]
[ROGER]
I didn't recognize you
Without the handcuffs
[MIMI]
We could light the candle
Oh won't you light the candle?
[ROGER lights it again.]
[ROGER]
Why don't you forget that stuff
You look like you're sixteen
[MIMI]
I'm nineteen -- but I'm old for my age
I'm just born to be bad
[ROGER]
I once was born to be bad
I used to shiver like that
[MIMI]
I have no heat -- I told you
[ROGER]
I used to sweat
[MIMI]
I got a cold
[ROGER]
Uh huh
I used to be a junkie
[MIMI]
But now and then I like to --
[ROGER]
Uh huh
[MIMI]
Feel good
[ROGER]
Here it -- um --
[ROGER stoops and picks up a small object: MIMI's stash.]
[MIMI]
What's that?
[ROGER]
It's a candy bar wrapper
[ROGER puts it behind his back and into his pocket.]
[MIMI]
We could light the candle
[ROGER discreetly blows out the candle.]
[MIMI]
What'd you do with my candle?
[ROGER]
That was my last match
[MIMI]
Our eyes'll adjust, thank God for the moon
[ROGER]
Maybe it's not the moon at all
I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street
[MIMI]
Bah humbug ... Bah humbug
[MIMI places her hand under his, pretending to do it by accident.]
[ROGER]
Cold hands
[MIMI]
Yours too.
Big. Like my father's
You wanna dance?
[ROGER]
With you?
[MIMI]
No -- with my father
[ROGER]
I'm Roger
[MIMI]
They call me
They call me Mimi
[They come extremely close to a kiss.]
[MIMI reaches into his pocket, nabs the stash,]
[waves it in front of his face, and makes a sexy exit.]
La Vie Boheme
MARK
Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes
COLLINS & ROGER
Dies irae dies illa
Kyrie eleison
Yitgadal v' yitkadash, etc.
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 glass- you bet your ass to-
(MAUREEN flashes hers)
La vie Boheme
ALL
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
La vie Boheme
MARK
To days of inspiration
Playing hookie, 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
(JOANNE enters)
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
(MAUREEN smacks JOANNE's ass as she exits. MR. GREY reacts)
MR. GREY
Ahhemm
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
Ugh
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 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 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 Boheme
(JOANNE returns)
MAUREEN
And wipe the speakers off before you pack
JOANNE
Yes, Maureen
MAUREEN
Well - hurry back
(MAUREEN and JOANNE kiss)
MR. GREY
Sisters?
MAUREEN
We're close
(ANGEL jumps on top of COLLINS, who's on the table. They kiss)
ANGEL, COLLINS, MAUREEN, MARK, MR. GREY
Brothers!
MARK, ANGEL, MIMI & THREE OTHERS
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo 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
(MR. GREY walks out)
BENNY
Waiter...Waiter...Waiter
ALL
La vie Boheme
COLLINS
In honor of the death of Bohemia an impromptu 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
(ROGER picks up an electric guitar and starts to tune it)
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
(At this point, JOANNE has entered and seen MAUREEN playfully kiss
MARK. JOANNE exits. BENNY pulls MIMI aside)
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
Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song
(ROGER picks up a guitar and plays Musetta's Theme)
That doesn't remind us of "Musetta's Waltz"
COLLINS
Angel Dumott Schunard will now 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 an anarchist
Including the successful reprogramming of the M.I.T. virtual reality equipment
To self-destruct, as it broadcast the words:
ALL
"Actual reality -- Act Up -- Fight AIDS"
BENNY
Check!
(BENNY exits. Lights on MIMI and ROGER)
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
MIMI
I got baggage, too
ROGER
I should tell you
BOTH
Baggage - wine
OTHERS
And beer!
(Several beepers sound. Each turns off his or her beeper)
MIMI
AZT break
(MIMI, ROGER, ANGEL, and COLLINS take pills)
ROGER
You?
MIMI
Me , You?
ROGER
Mimi
(They hold hands and stare into each other's eyes lovingly. The rest of the
company freezes)