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The Transaction Lyrics by Jon Jon Briones, Hugh Maynard, Alistair Brammer

Miss Saigon: The Definitive Live Recording (West End Revival)

2014

[ENGINEER]
Hey Monsieur John, how'd you like to get rich?
Go home in style?
[JOHN]
Yeah, okay, what's the pitch?
[ENGINEER]
A U.S. visa to help me get out
Lend me a bit of your embassy clout
[JOHN]
There isn't a chance, pal, you're too well known
Look, what I want is that girl in the dress
[ENGINEER]
You have a good eye
Her name is Kim, she's my new princess
You give her a try?
[JOHN]
My buddy, Chris
It's like something just snapped
[ENGINEER]
She's what he needs
She's got treasures untapped
But I have to warn you
She don't come cheap
[JOHN, spoken]
I've got that covered, my man
[ENGINEER]
It's got to be twenty for my princess
[JOHN, spoken]
Twenty for this shit?
[ENGINEER]
She's sort of a virgin, well, more or less
For twenty more you get a room and key
[JOHN, spoken]
You fucking with me?
[ENGINEER]
For fifty bucks, she's got the whole night free
[MARINES]
No one gives you a buzz
Like the Engineer does
[JOHN]
Mmm, stop drooling, white boy
You're losing your cool
You like this jail bait?
[CHRIS]
John, open your eyes
This is the end of the line
This whole rotten scene
This little girl, we could be in the sack
And I would take something I can't give back
John, John
It's time to go home
It's time to get clean
[JOHN]
I'm starting to cry, you're so out of touch
The trouble with you is you think too much
A whore is better than an empty bed
Man, you need some action to clear your head
[MARINES]
Nothing gives you a hit
Like the Engineer's shit
[ENGINEER, spoken]
That's right!
[ENGINEER]
My little princess, I was right
You are the first to score tonight
You caught that sergeant by the nose
You stay with him until he goes
Call him Chris
He'll like that
[KIM, spoken]
Please don't
[ENGINEER]
You said you needed a job
You said you'd turn a trick
You'd better prove it and quick!
[KIM, spoken]
Monsieur Chris
[ENGINEER, spoken]
Don't worry, she's clean
I washed her myself
Credits
Jon Jon Briones

Jon Jon Briones

Hugh Maynard

Hugh Maynard

Alistair Brammer

Alistair Brammer

About “The Transaction” by Jon Jon Briones

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