Original Television Cast of Rent Live
Light My Candle
[ROGER]
What'd you forget?

[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
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]
It's out again
Sorry 'bout your friend
Would you light my candle?

[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
[ROGER]
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]
They say that 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

[ROGER]
I didn't recognize you without the handcuffs

[MIMI]
We could light the candle
Oh, won’t you light the candle?

[ROGER]
Why don't you forget that stuff?
You look like you're 16

[MIMI]
I'm 19, 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]
Oh, here it is

[MIMI]
What's that?

[ROGER]
Candy bar wrapper

[MIMI]
We could light the candle
Oh, what'd you do to 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

[ROGER]
Cold hands...

[MIMI]
Yours, too
Big, like my father's
Do you wanna dance?

[ROGER]
With you?

[MIMI]
With my father

[ROGER]
I'm Roger

[MIMI]
They call me, they call me Mimi