What A Waste Lyrics - Miss Saigon

[ENGINEER] 

Check it out, red hot and blue! 

Girls, girls, girls! Yo, yo, come here, come here! 

Oh, please! What, I can't go across the street? What, wait a minute. 

You wanna talk to me? You got a problem with me? Go to him! 

[DOORMEN] 

Girls! I got girls! 

Gorgeous Girls! 

Very nice! 

[TOURISTS] 

Hey wow! Oh look! We gotta see! 

[VENDORS] 

Girls, gorgeous girls! 

[VENDORS] 

Gucci bags! 

[VENDORS] 

Shrimp and rice! 

[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 cant 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 

My future friends, my future neighbours! 

(to some TOURISTS) 

If your 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] 

Girls! 

[ENGINEER] 

(to TOURISTS) 

Gee, isn't Bangkok really neat? 

[DOORMEN] 

I got girls! 

[ENGINEER] 

The things they're selling on the street 

[DOORMEN] 

Girls! 

[ENGINEER] 

Fresh dog, if that's what you'd enjoy 

[DOORMEN] 

Worth the price 

[ENGINEER] 

A girl, or if you want, a boy 

[DOORMEN] 

Hey 

[ENGINEER] 

No? 

[DOORMEN] 

Come to me 

[ENGINEER] 

How about a nice present for your mother, huh? 

[DOORMEN] 

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, yeah? 

[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) 

[BOSS] 

You said you'd fill my place up, where are they? 

[ENGINEER] 

They're coming boss. 

[BOSS] 

Just get to work...half-breed. 

(The OWNER leaves) 

[ENGINEER] 

...Screw the Siamese 

Look how they're ripping off...refugees 

(to another PASSER-BY) 

If your looking for fun 

Original sin 

If you want to put out 

Then you gotta come in 

[DOORMEN] 

Girls! 

[ENGINEER] 

Hey boys, don't stand around like wimps 

[DOORMEN] 

I got girls! 

[ENGINEER] 

Watch out, those guys - They're really 

Pimps 

[DOORMEN] 

Girls! 

[ENGINEER] 

You want a thrill come on and grab it 

[DOORMEN] 

Half the price 

[ENGINEER] 

Three girls, two gerbils and a rabbit 

(unfolding folders of photos) 

You don't like rabbit? We've got German Shepherd too...and squirrel. 

[DOORMEN] 

Hey. What's it mean? Look what you'll see! 

[ENGINEER] 

Hey, that's a joke. Mine blow smoke 

For a small extra fee 

[VENDORS] 

Acid, Marijuana and hash 

[DOORMEN] 

We'll get you high in a flash 

[TOURISTS] 

Let's go see what they mean 

[VENDORS] 

Chicken, lemon grass and bamboo 

[TOURISTS] 

We want to try something new! 

[DOORMEN] 

Come do the ping pong routine! 

[ENGINEER] 

Hey Joe, try taking a little excursion 

You'll feel good from a little perversion 

[TOURISTS] 

OH YEAH! 

[ENGINEER] 

Massage requiring total immersion 

[TOURISTS] 

OH WOW! 

[ENGINEER] 

Some strange positions say me are persian 

[TOURISTS] 

OH! NO! 

Drinks are on me 

First girl is free 

What can I say? You get me 

For a small extra fee 

[VENDORS] 

Acid, Marijuana and hash 

[DOORMEN] 

We'll get you high in a flash 

[TOURISTS] 

Let's go see what they mean 

[VENDORS] 

Chicken, lemon grass and bamboo 

[TOURISTS] 

We want to try something new! 

[DOORMEN] 

Come do the ping pong routine!