Original Television Cast of Rent Live
La Vie Bohème B
[MAUREEN, spoken]
Are we packed?
[JOANNE, spoken]
Yes, and by next week I want you to be
[MAUREEN, spoken]
Pookie?
[JOANNE]
My name is not Pookie and we will discuss us later
And Mark, you should see
They've padlocked your building
And they're rioting on Avenue B
Benny called the cops
[MAUREEN, spoken]
What?
[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
[ALL]
Yeah!!!
To Dance!
[MAUREEN]
No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection
Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short careers, eating disorders!
[ALL]
Film!
[MARK]
Adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations
Dark rooms, perfect faces, egos, money, Hollywood and sleaze!
[ALL]
Music!
[ANGEL]
Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation
Rhythm, power, feeling, harmony, and heavy competition!
[ALL]
Anarchy!
[COLLINS & MAUREEN]
Revolution, justice, screaming for solutions
Forcing changes, risk, and danger
Making noise and making pleas!
[ALL]
To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers too!
[MAUREEN]
To me!
[MARK]
To me!
[COLLINS]
To me!
[ALL]
To you, and you and you, 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 Bohème
La vie Bohème
La vie Bohème
[MARK (COMPANY)]
(La vie Bohème)
Anyone out of the mainstream (La vie Bohème)
Is anyone in the mainstream? (La vie Bohème)
Anyone alive with a sex drive (La vie Bohème)
Tear down the wall, aren't we all?
The opposite of war isn't peace...
It's creation!
[ALL]
Woooooooo!
La vie Bohème...
[MARK]
Inside, the party continues all night long
Outside, the snow dances
A riot breaks out in the lot
And oblivious to it all, Mimi and Roger share a small lovely kiss
[ALL]
Viva la vie Bohème