Vietnamese bar-girls are getting into costumes.)

 GIRLS
 Tonight I will be Miss Saigon

 GIGI
 Tonight you'll be miss "jumped upon"

 GIRLS
 I'll win a GI and be gone

 GIGI
 he'll screw you with your crown still on

 MIMI
 what happens when the Cong attack?

 GIGI
 they'll rip the hot pants off your back

 ALL GIRLS
 the VC all wear basic black

 (a new girl, KIM, is trying to stuff cotton into her bra.)

 KIM
 is this the way you make a chest?

 GIGI
 (removes the cotton)
 hey, give that virgin act a rest

 ALL GIRLS
 (mocking the new girl)
 "you are my first American"

 (they laugh)

 (the ENGINEER enters)

 ENGINEER
 allez! allez! allez!
 why does it take all day?
 get your asses on stage... I'm raising cash tonight

 GIRLS
 tonight I will be Miss Saigon

 ENGINEER
 tell yourself that your passport's standing at the bar

 GIRLS
 tonight I will be Miss Saigon

 ENGINEER
 each day these little bums of yours are worth less and less
 rake in the dollars now before the market falls too far

 (the ENGINEER looks through the door into the club.)

 ENGINEER
 look who I got out here
 I can still engineer

 it's like the old days, my little gamines

 GIRLS
 oh sure!

 ENGINEER
 you know who's out here? a gang of marines!

 GIRLS
 they're here?

 ENGINEER
 we'll clean them out the American way

 GIRLS
 yes, sir!

 ENGINEER
 for something free, they don't care what they pay

 (turns to KIM)

 why are you in that dress?
 ah! it's my new princess
 ah, yes...

 that bridal gown gives you some class
 lower your eyelids as you pass
 men pay a lot for virgin ass

 allez! allez! allez!
 get out and do your song!
 don't make the show too long

 voila'! on stage all! welcome to...
 Dreamland