What a Waste-Original London Cast

(A street filled with vendors in Patpong in Bangkok, outside a sleazy Night-club called "le moulin rouge" where the engineer is doorman and Barker. other doormen compete with him for the attention of crowds of TOURISTS.) ENGINEER Check it out! DOORMEN Girls! I got girls! DOORMEN Gorgeous girls! DOORMEN Very nice! TOURISTS Hey, wow! Oh look! We gotta see! DOORMEN Girls! I got girls! DOORMEN Gorgeous girls! DOORMEN Very nice! TOURISTS I'm glad my wife's not here with me! ENGINEER What a waste! To pay for my keep I'm rounding up sheep To fleece here in Bangkok I'm disgraced I can't get ahead There's nothing as dead As peace here in Bangkok Ten cents an hour, that's all they pay I'll have to swim to the USA (to some TOURISTS) If you're looking for fun Original sin If you want to put out Then you gotta come in (TOURISTS pass. He tries to make them take his leaflets.) DOORMEN Girls! I got girls! DOORMEN Gorgeous girls! DOORMEN Very nice! DOORMEN ENGINEER (to TOURISTS) Girls! Gee, isn't Bangkok really neat? I got girls! The things they're selling on the street Girls! Fresh dog, if that's what you'd enjoy Worth the price A girl, or if you want a boy DOORMEN and the ENGINEER Come, come to me First drink is free ENGINEER (to two Japanese TOURISTS) Don't be a lump, you can hump For a small extra fee Hump - "humpy, humpy" ENGINEER I'm depressed For hustling amours To Japanese tours Is no treat in Bangkok I'm the best But selling these runts For sexual stunts Leaves me beat in Bangkok Ten cents an hour... (The CLUB OWNER, the ENGINEER'S boss, passes.) CLUB OWNER You said you'd fill my place up - where are they? ENGINEER They're coming, Boss CLUB OWNER Just get to work, half-breed! ENGINEER ...screw the Siamese Look how they're ripping off... refugees (to another PASSER-BY) ENGINEER If you're looking for fun Original sin If you want to put out Then you gotta come in DOORMEN ENGINEER Girls Hey boys, don't stand around like wimps I got girls! Watch out, those guys, they're really pimps Girls! You want some thrills, come-on and grab it! Half the price! Three girls, two gerbils, and a rabbit DOORMEN Hey, come to me! (unfolding folders of photos) DOORMEN Look what you'll see! ENGINEER Hey, that's a joke, mine blow smoke For a small extra fee VENDORS Come try the streets in every venue With tricks, you'll pick from off the menu ENGINEER TOURISTS Hey, Joe, try taking a little excursion You'll all feel good from a little perversion Oh yeah! Massage requiring total immersion Oh wow! Some strange positions they say are Persian Oh no! ENGINEER Drinks are on me First girl is free What can I say? You get me For a small extra fee! (JOHN enters looking for KIM. The VENDORS surround him.) ENGINEER (Handing a leaflet to John) You want a girl sir? You'll like one of these JOHN You have a Kim here, can I see her please? ENGINEER You pick 'em well. . . Monsieur John, is that you? JOHN The Engineer! Jesus Christ! you're here too ENGINEER Of all my friends, you're the one that I miss JOHN I'm looking for Kim ENGINEER I love you so, you and your buddy Chris JOHN I'm here about him Kim has a child born in... BOTH Seventy-five ENGINEER I filled that out and it's you who arrive You'll find the end of your quest here in our little dive I'm impressed American clerks, a system that works There's really no other JOHN Listen, spare me the gas Is there really a child? ENGINEER Yes, we're blessed And Kim's on a trip For citizenship, and I am her brother JOHN You're her brother, my ass Come on, take me inside ENGINEER Look Kim, who got our application I said I'd bring us all salvation KIM Oh my god! monsieur John! Yes, of course he sent you JOHN Not in here, is there someplace near we could talk? KIM (to one of the customers) Take your hands off! We're finished! Go find someone else! JOHN Come with me, there's a lot I've got to say first KIM Chris is here! Say he's here! Oh my god, it's all true ENGINEER I suggest, whatever may be You leave it to me Just play little mother JOHN What I need to find out She can tell me alone KIM Can you take me to Chris? I can leave here right now We've been here for so long Took this job to survive One month at sea I was sure we'd drown But I thought about Chris And we didn't go down I've done terrible things But we're safe and you're here So perhaps all the gods Have begun to forgive CLUB OWNER Did the gentleman order champagne? ENGINEER She was about to get it CLUB OWNER You better get back on the chain Or get out KIM ENGINEER Monsieur John I'm so sick of that prick Quick before he gets wise Look at this Let John look at your kid Come see love See the lids of his eyes Come see Chris Let John have his surprise ENGINEER Look Uncle Sam How nice I am I doing all this just for Tam An American boy (KIM brings JOHN to her room and shows him TAM) KIM Look John, this is his son Don't they have the same the smile He's been waiting for his father For a long, long while