Rent - La Vie Bohème/I Should Tell You lyrics

[Waiter] No, please no Not tonight, please no Mister, can't you go? Not tonight, can't have a scene [Roger] What?! [Waiter] Go, please go you- hello sir! I said no, important customer! [Mark] What am I, just a blur? [Waiter] You sit all night, you never buy [Mark] That's a lie, that's a lie! I had a tea the other day [Waiter] You couldn't pay! [Mark] Oh yeah... [Collins] Benjamin Coffin the Third? Here? [Waiter] Oh no... [Company] Wine and beer! [Maureen] The enemy of Avenue A We'll stay [Waiter] Oy vey! [Collins] What brings a 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- [Company] 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 am the one Attempting to do some good Or do you really want a neighborhood Where people piss on your stoop every night? Bohemia, Bohemia Is a fallacy in your head This is Calcutta; Bohemia is dead [Mark] Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes [Company] 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 this night when we Celebrate the birth In that little town of Bethlehem We raise our gla** - you bet your a** to - La vie Boheme! [Company] La vie Boheme La vie Boheme La vie Boheme La vie Boheme [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! [Company] La vie Boheme! La vie Boheme La vie Boheme [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] Ahem... [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? [Bohemian] Ew! [Collins] It tastes the same [Mimi] If you close your eyes [Waiter] And thirteen orders of fries Is that it here? [Company] Wine and beer! To handcrafted 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 Emotion, devotion To causing a commotion Creation, vacation Mucho masturbation Compa**ion to pa**ion To fashion when it's new To Sontag, to Sondheim To anything taboo Ginsberg, Dylan Cunningham, and Cage! [Collins] Lenny Bruce! [Roger] Langston Hughes! [Maureen] To the stage! [Company] To Uta To Buddha Pablo Neruda, too! Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow To blow off Auntie Em! La vie Boheme! [Collins] In honor of the d**h 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 ice tea being stirred! [Roger] And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary about his inability to make a connection on the high holy days! [Mark] And 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] Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, provocative song... That doesn't remind us of Musetta's Waltz [Collins] Angel Dumott Schunard will model in 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: [Company] 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] Should tell you- [Both Roger and Mimi] Baggage - wine- [Company] And beer! [Mimi] AZT break [Roger] You? [Mimi] Me. You? [Roger] Mimi I should tell you I'm disaster I forgot how to begin it [Mimi] Let's just make this part go faster I have yet to be in it I should tell you [Roger] I should tell you [Mimi] I should tell you [Roger] I should tell you [Mimi] I should tell I blew the candle out Just to get back in [Roger] I'd forgotten how to smile Until your candle burned my skin [Mimi] I should tell you [Roger] I should tell you [Mimi] I should tell you [Both Roger and Mimi] I should tell... Well, here we go Now we- [Mimi] Oh no [Roger] I know- this something is- Here goes [Mimi] Here goes [Roger] Guess so It's starting to- Who knows? [Mimi] Who knows? [Both Roger and Mimi] Who knows where? Who goes there? Who knows? Here goes Trusting desire starting to learn Walking through fire without a burn Clinging a shoulder, a leap begins Stinging and older, asleep on pins So here we go Now we [Roger] Oh no [Mimi] I know [Roger] Oh no [Both Roger and Mimi] Who knows where, who goes there Here goes, here goes Here goes, here goes Here goes, here goes [Maureen] Are we packed? [Joanne] Yes, and by next week I want you to be [Maureen] Pookie! [Joanne] And you should see They've padlocked your building And they're rioting on Avenue B! Benny called the cops [Maureen] That jerk! [Joanne] They don't know what they're doing The cops are sweeping the lot But no one's leaving They're just sitting there, mooing! [Company] Yeah! To dance! [A Girl] No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short careers, eating disorders [Company] Film! [Mark] Adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money, Hollywood and sleaze [Company] Music! [Angel] Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation Rhythm, feeling, power, harmony, and heavy competition [Company] Anarchy! Revolution! Justice screaming for solutions! Forcing changes, risk, and danger Making noise and making pleas! h*mos, lesbians, crossdressers too [Maureen] To me! [Mark] To me! [Collins and Angel] To me! [Company] To you, and you and you and you and you! To people living with, living with, living with Not dying from disease Let he among us, without sin Be the first to condemn La vie Boheme! La vie Boheme! La vie Boheme! [Mark] Anyone out of the mainstream Is anyone in the mainstream? Anyone alive with a s** drive! [Company] La vie Boheme La vie Boheme La vie Boheme [Mark] Tear down the wall Aren't we all? The opposite of war isn't peace It's creation! [Company] (cheers) La vie Boheme! [Mark] The riot continues, the Christmas tree goes up in flames, the snow dances Oblivious, Roger and Mimi share a small, lovely kiss [Company] Viva la vie Boheme!