Various Artists - Light My Candle |
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Light My Candle
Various Artists ROGER What'd you forget? (MIMI enters, holding a candle and looking for a match; her electricity is down, too.) MIMI Got a light? ROGER I know you? 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? Just haven't eaten much today MIMI Anyway. What? At least the room stopped spinning. ROGER Your smile reminded me of Nothing MIMI I always remind people of 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 MIMI Dripping! I like it ROGER Fingers. I figured... Oh, well. Goodnight. It blew out again? MIMI No 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 Is it true? They say I have the best ass below 14th street ROGER What? MIMI You're staring again. Oh no. ROGER I mean you do I mean 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 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 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 ROGER I used to sweat MIMI I got a cold ROGER Uh huh I used to be a junkie But now and then I like to MIMI ROGER Uh huh MIMI Feel good ROGER Here it MIMI ROGER What's that? It's a candy bar wrapper MIMI We could light the candle MIMI 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 You wanna dance? ROGER With you? MIMI No ROGER I'm Roger MIMI They call me MimiThey call me |
