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I'll Cover You Reprise

Collins
Live in my house
I'll be your shelter
Just pay me back
With one thousand kisses
Be my lover
And I'll cover you
Open your door I'll be your tenant
Don't got much baggage to lay at your feet
But sweet kisses I've got to spare
I'll be there I'll cover you
I think they meant it
When they said you can't buy love
Now I know you can rent it
A new lease you were, my love, on life
All my life
I've longed to discover
Something as true
As this is

(The following is sung simultaneously.)

Joanne & Soloist
So with a thousand sweet kisses
I'll cover you with a thousand sweet kisses
I'll cover you with a thousand sweet kisses
I'll cover you iwht a thousand sweet kisses
I'll cover you

Collins
If you're cold and you're lonely
You've got one nickel only
When you're worn out and tired
When your heart has expired

Company
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred moments so dear
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred measure a year
Oh lover I'll cover you
Oh lover I'll cover you

Collins & Company
Oh lover

I'll cover you
Oh lover

Collins
I'll cover you

Company
Five hundred twenty-five thousand six hundred minutes
Five hundred twenty-five thousand seasons of love

Collins
I'll cover you

Halloween

Mark
Hi. It's Mark Cohen. Is Alexi there?...No, don't bother her.
Just tell her I'm running a little late for our appointment...
Yes, I'm still coming... Yes, I signed the contract... Thanks...
How did we get here?
How the hell...
Pan left - close on the steeple of the church
How did I get here?
How the hell...Christmas
Christmas eve - last year
How could a night so frozen be so scalding hot?
How can a morning this mild be so raw?
Why are entire years strewn
On the cutting room floor of memory
When single frames from one magic night
Forever flicker in close-up
On the 3D Imax of my mind
That's poetic
That's pathetic
Why did Mimi knock on Roger's door
And Collins choose that phone booth
Back where Angel set up his drums
Why did Maureen's equipment break down
Why am I the witness
And when I capture it on film
Will it mean that it's the end
And I'm alone

Goodbye Love

Mimi
It's true you sold your guitar and bought a car

Roger
It's true - I'm leaving now for Santa Fe
It's true you're with this yuppie scum?

Benny
You said you'd never speak to him again

Mimi
Now now

Maureen
Who said that you have any say
In who she says things to at all?

Roger
Yeah!

Joanne
Who said that you should
Stick your nose in other people's ...

Maureen
Who said I was talking to you?

Mimi
He was the same way - he was always
"Run away - hit the road
Don't commit" - you're full of shit

Joanne
She's in denial

Mimi
He's in denial

Joanne
Didn't give an inch
When I gave a mile

Mark
Come on

Mimi
I gave a mile

Roger
Gave a mile to who?

Mark & Benny
Come on guys chill!

Mimi & Joanne
I'd be happy to die for a taste of what Angel had
Someone to live for - unafraid to say I love you

Roger
All your words are nice Mimi
But love's not a three way street
You'll never share real love
Until you love yourself - I should know

Collins
You all said you'd be cool today
So please - for my sake...
I can't believe he's gone
I can't believe you're going (to Roger)
I can't believe this family must die
Angel helped us believe in love
I can't believe you disagree

All
I can't believe this is goodbye

Mark
I hear there are great restaurants out west

Roger
Some of the best. How could she?

Mark
How could you let her go?

Roger
You just don't know ... How could we lose Angel?

Mark
Maybe you'll see why when you stop escaping your pain
At least now if you try - Angel's death won't be in vain

Roger
His death is in vain

Mark
Are you insane?
There so much to care about
There's me - there's Mimi

Roger
Mimi's got her baggage too

Mark
So do you

Roger
Who are you to tell me what I know, what to do

Mark
A friend

Roger
But who, Mark, are you?
"Mark has got his work"
They say "Mark lives for his work"
And "Mark's in love with his work"
Mark hides in his work

Mark
But from what?

Roger
From facing your failure, facing your loneliness
Facing the fact you live a lie
Yes, you live a lie - tell you why
You're always preaching not to be numb
When that's how you thrive
You pretend to create and observe
When you really detach from feeling alive

Mark
Perhaps it's because I'm the one of us to survive

Roger
Poor baby

Mark
Mimi still loves Roger
Is Roger really jealous
Or afraid that Mimi's weak

Roger
Mimi did look pale

Mark
Mimi's gotten thin
Mimi's running out of time
Roger's running out the door

Roger
No more! Oh no!
I've gotta go

Mark
Hey, for somebody who's always been let down
Who's heading out of town?

Roger
For someone who longs for a community of his own,
Who's with his camera, alone?
I'll call
I hate the fall
(Mimi re-enters)
You heard?

Mimi
Every word
You don't want baggage without lifetime guarantees
You don't want to watch me die
I just came to say
Goodbye, love
Goodbye, love
Came to say goodbye, love, goodbye

Mimi
Please don't touch me
Understand
I'm scared
I need to go away

Mark
I know a place - a clinic

Benny
A rehab?

Mimi
Maybe - could you?

Benny
I'll pay

Mimi
Goodbye love
Goodbye love
Came to say goodbye, love, goodbye
Just came to say
Goodbye love
Goodbye love
Goodbye love
Hello disease

What You Own

Mark
Don't breathe too deep
Don't think all day
Dive into work
Drive the other way
That drip of hurt
That pint of shame
Goes away
Just play the game
You're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're living in America
Leave your conscience at the tone
And when you're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're what you own

Roger
The filmmaker cannot see

Mark
And the songwriter cannot hear

Roger
Yet I see Mimi everywhere

Mark
Angel's voice is in my ear

Roger
Just tighten those shoulders

Mark
Just clench your jaw till you frown

Roger

Just don't let go

Both
Or you may drown
You're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're living in America
Where it's like the twilight zone
And when you're living in America
At the end of the millennium
You're what you own
So I own not a notion
I escape and ape content
I don't own emotion - I rent

Mark
What was it about that night

Roger
What was it about that night

Both
Connection - in an isolating age

Mark
For once the shadows gave way to light

Roger
For once the shadows gave way to light

Both
For once I didn't disengage

Mark
Angel - I hear you - I hear it
I see it - I see it
My film!

Roger Mimi I see you - I see it
I hear it - I hear it
My song!

Both
Dying in America
At the end of the millennium
We're dying in America
To come into our own
And when you're dying in America
At the end of the millennium
You're not alone
I'm not alone
I'm not alone

Voice Mail # 5

Roger & Mark's Voice
"Speak..." (Beep)

Roger's Mother
Roger
This is your mother
Roger, honey I don't get these postcards
"Moving to Santa Fe"
"Back in New York
Starting a rock band"
Roger, where are you? -- Please call
(The following is sung simultaneously)

Mimi's Mother
Mimi, chica, donde estas?
Tu mama esta llamando
Donde estas Mimi -- Call

Mr. Jefferson
Kitten - wherever are you -- Call

Mrs. Cohen
Mark - are you there - are you there
I don't know if he's there
We're all here wishing you were here too
Where are you Mark are you there are you where are you
Mark - are you there - are you there
I don't know if -- Please call your mother

Finale

Roger & Mark's Voice
"Speak..." (Beep)

All Seven Homeless
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
How time flies
When compassion dies
No stockings
No candy canes
No gingerbread
No safety net
No loose change
No change no

One Homeless Man
"Santy Claus is coming"

All
Cause Santy Claus ain't coming
No room at the Holiday Inn - again
Well, maybe next year --
Or -- when

Mark
December 24th, ten PM eastern standard time
I can't believe a year went by so fast
Time to see what we have time to see
Turn the projector on
First shot Roger
With the fender guitar he just got out of hock
When he sold the car
That took him away and back

Roger
I found my song

Mark
He found his song
If he could just find Mimi

Roger
I tried - you know I tried

Mark
Fade in on Mark
Who's still in the dark

Roger
But he's got great footage

Mark
Which he's cut together

Roger
To screen tonight

Mark
In honor of Benny's wife

Roger
Muffy

Mark
Alison
Pulling Benny out of the East Village location
(The power blows)

Roger
Then again, maybe we won't screen it tonight.

Mark
I wonder how Alison found out about Mimi?

Roger
Maybe a little bird told her.

Collins
Or an angel.
I had a little hunch that you could use a little flow

Roger
Tutoring again?

Collins
Negative

Mark
Back at N.Y.U.?

Collins
No, no, no
I rewired the ATM at the food emporium
To provide an honorarium to anyone with the code

Roger & Mark
The code -
Well...?

Collins
A-N-G-E-L
Yet Robin Hooding isn't the solution
The powers that be must be undermined where they dwell
In a small, exclusive gourmet institution
Where we overcharge the wealthy clientele

All Three
Let's open up a restaurant in Santa Fe
With a private corner banquette in the back

Collins
We'll make it yet, we'll somehow get to Santa Fe

Roger
But you'd miss New York before you could unpack

All
Ohh--

Maureen
Mark! Roger! Anyone - help!

Mark
Maureen?

Maureen
It's Mimi - I can't get her up the stairs

Roger
No!

Maureen
She was huddled in the park in the dark
And she was freezing
And begged to come here

Roger
Over here
Oh, God -

Mimi
"got a light - I know you - you're shivering..."

Joanne
She's been living on the street

Roger
We need some heat

Mimi
I'm shivering

Mark
We can buy some wood and something to eat

Collins
I'm afraid she needs more than heat

Mimi
I heard that

Maureen
Collins will call for a doctor, honey

Mimi
Don't waste your money on Mimi, me, me

Collins
Hello - 911?
I'm on hold

Mimi
Cold...cold... would you light my candle

Roger
Yes - we'll oh God - find a candle

Mimi
I should tell you
I should tell you

Roger
I should tell you
I should tell you

Mimi
I should tell you
Benny wasn't any--

Roger
Shhh-I know
I should tell you why I left
It wasn't cause I didn't --

Mimi
I know
I should tell you

Roger
I should tell you

Mimi
I should tell you
I love you--

Roger
Who do you think you are?
Leaving me alone with my guitar
Hold on there's something you should hear
It isn't much but it took all year

Your Eyes

Roger
Your eyes
As we said our goodbyes
Can't get them out of my mind
And I find I can't hide
From your eyes
The ones that took me by surprise
The night you came into my life
Where there's moonlight I see your eyes
How'd I let you slip away
When I'm longing so to hold you
Now I'd die for one more day
'Cause there's something I should have told you
Yes there's something I should have told you
When I looked into your eyes
Why does distance make us wise?
You were the song all along
And before this song dies
I should tell you I should tell you
I have always loved you
You can see it in my eyes
Mimi

Finale B

Mimi
I jumped over the moon!!

Roger
What?

Mimi
A leap of Mooooooooooooooo-

Joanne
She's back!

Mimi
I was in a tunnel. Heading for this warm, white light...

Maureen
Oh my god!

Mimi
And I swear Angel was there - and she looked GOOD! And she said,
"Turn around girlfriend and listen to that boy's song..."

Collins
She's drenched

Maureen
Her fever's breaking

Mark
There is no future - there is no past

Roger
Thank God this moment's not the last

Mimi & Roger
There's only us
There's only this
Forget regret or life is yours to miss

All
No other road no other way
No day but today No other road no other way

All
NO DAY BUT TODAY!