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Light My Candle Lyrics by Original Broadway Cast of Rent

Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording)

1996

[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 about 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
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 sixteen
[Mimi]
I'm nineteen, 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...
[Mimi]
What's that?
[Roger]
It's a candy bar wrapper
[Mimi]
We could light the candle
Oh, what'd you do with 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]
No, with my father
[Roger]
I'm Roger
[Mimi]
They call me, they call me...
Mimi
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Original Broadway Cast of Rent

Original Broadway Cast of Rent

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