Lyrics What A Waste - Live From The Prince Edward Theatre, London / 2014 - Miss Saigon Original Cast feat. Jon Jon Briones

What a Waste

ENGINEER
Check it out!

DOORMEN
Girls! I got girls!

DOORMEN
Gorgeous girls!

TOURISTS (DOORMEN)
Hey, wow! Oh look! We gotta see! (Very nice!)

DOORMEN
Girls! I got girls!

DOORMEN
Gorgeous girls!

TOURISTS
I'm glad my wife's not here with me!

ENGINEER
Check this out
Look at this girl
The way she moves
It's impossible
You wanna try to?
What a waste!
To pay for my keep
I'm rounding up sheep
To fleece here in Bangkok
I'm disgraced
I can't get ahead
There's nothing as dead
As peace here in Bangkok
Ten cents an hour, that's the most they pay
I'll have to swim to the USA
If you're looking for fun
Original sin
If you want to put out
Then you gotta come in

DOORMEN
Girls! I got girls!

DOORMEN
Gorgeous girls!

DOORMEN
Very nice!

ENGINEER (DOORMEN)
(Girls!) Gee, isn't Bangkok really neat?
(I got girls!)
The things they're selling on the street
(Girls!) Fresh dog, if that's what you'd enjoy
(Worth the price!)
Hello, a girl, or if you want a boy
(Hey! Come to me! First drink is free)

ENGINEER
Don't be a lump, you can hump
For a small extra fee
Hump - "humpy, humpy"
There is included

ENGINEER
I'm depressed
For hustling amours to Japanese tours
Is no treat in Bangkok
I'm the best
But selling these runts for sexual stunts
Leaves me beat in Bangkok
Ten cents an hour...

CLUB OWNER
Hey! You said you'd fill my club?

ENGINEER
Yes, Boss

CLUB OWNER
So, where are they?

ENGINEER
They're coming, Boss

CLUB OWNER
You just get to work, half-breed!

ENGINEER
Right away, Boss.
I love you, Boss.
...screw the Siamese
Look how they're ripping off... refugees

ENGINEER
If you're looking for fun
Original sin
If you want to put out
Then you gotta come in

DOORMEN ENGINEER
(Girls!) Hey boys, don't stand around like wimps
(I got girls!) Watch out, those guys, they're really pimps
(Girls!) You want some thrills, come-on and grab it!
(Half the price!) Two girls, a gerbils, and a rabbit

DOORMEN
Hey, come to me!

DOORMEN
Look what you'll see!

ENGINEER
Hey, that's a joke, mine blow smoke for a small extra fee

VENDORS
You'll pick from off the menu, With tricks in every venue

ENGINEER
Hey, Joe, try taking a little excursion
You'll all feel good from a little perversion
Massage requiring total immersion.
Some strange positions they say are Persian
Drinks are on me. First girl is free
Hey, what can I say?
You get me for a small extra fee!
(That was only a joke!)

ENGINEER
Hey, You want a girl sir? you'll like one of these

JOHN
You have a Kim here, can I see her please?

ENGINEER
Yeah. You pick 'em well.Monsieur John, is that you?

JOHN
The Engineer! Jesus Christ! you're here too

ENGINEER
Of all my friends, you're the one that I miss

JOHN
I'm looking for Kim

ENGINEER
I love you so, you and your buddy Chris

JOHN
I'm here about him. Kim has a child born in...

BOTH
Seventy-five

ENGINEER
I filled that out and it's you who arrive
You'll find the end of your quest here in our little dive
Man, I'm impressed. American clerks, a system that works
There's really no other

JOHN
Listen, spare me the gas. Is there really a child?

ENGINEER
Oh, yes, we're blessed
And Kim's on a trip
For citizenship.
And I am her brother

JOHN
You're her brother, my ass. Come on, take me inside

ENGINEER
Look Kim,
Who got our application
I said
I'd bring us all salvation

KIM
Oh my god! monsieur John! Yes, of course he sent you

JOHN
Not in here, is there someplace near we could talk?

KIM
Take your hands off! We're finished! Go find someone else!

JOHN
Come with me, there's a lot I've got to say first

KIM
Chris is here! say he's here! oh my god, it's all true

ENGINEER
I suggest,
Whatever may be
You leave it to me
Just play little mother

JOHN
What I need to find out. She can tell me alone

KIM
Can you take me to Chris?
I can leave here right now
We've been here for so long
Took this job to survive

ENGINEER
One month at sea?

KIM
I was sure we'd drown
But I thought about Chris
And we didn't go down
I've done terrible things
But we're safe and you're here
So perhaps all the gods
Have begun to forgive

CLUB OWNER
Has the gentleman order champagne?

ENGINEER
She was about to get it

CLUB OWNER
You better get back on the chain, or get out

KIM (ENGINEER)
Monsieur John
(I'm so sick of that prick, Quick before he gets wise)
Look at this
(Let John look at our kid, see the lids of his eyes)
Come see love
(Let John have his surprise)
Come see Chris

ENGINEER
Look Uncle Sam
How nice I am
I'm doing all this just for Tam
An American boy

KIM
Look John, this is his son
Don't they have the same the smile
He's been waiting for his father
For a long, long while