Jonathan Larson
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