The Fall of Saigon

Lyrics

[OFFICER] Sorry Sergeant, we must accelerate State Department says we evacuate The word is we must be out by dawn [CHRIS, spoken] Christ! [OFFICER] Sorry Sergeant, it's straight from Washington No one leaves the grounds now, not anyone As fast as we load the planes we're gone [CHRIS, spoken] But my girl's out there! [MARINE CAPTAIN] Okay, keep quiet, don't shout The ambassador won't leave 'til everyone's out The choppers' on their way, there's room for you all [MARINE] They're climbing over the wall Get back! [OFFICERS] Get back, I tell you, don't shout The ambassador won't leave 'til everyone's out [MARINE] The ambassador just sent an order to freeze [MARINE CAPTAIN] That's it! No more Vietnamese Get in! [CHRIS, spoken] But my girl's out there! [KIM] I'm the wife of a soldier Please let me through! Help me, who must I pay? Tell me what I must do [CHRIS] Let me out I got to go back for my bride [KIM] Listen, someone My husband is waiting inside! [CHRIS] Please, Kim Hear the phone I can't get there Please be home [KIM] Please, Chris No one sees I am lost here Find me please [KIM & CHRIS] Please get me through I don't care how Don't take my love away Not now! [KIM & CHRIS] Oh, Chris, (Oh, Kim) I can't get free (Please get free) Still I'm with you (I am with you) [KIM & CHRIS] Wait for me [MARINE CAPTAIN] Sorry Sergeant, inside the embassy We are pulling out now and there will be No more reprieves [CHRIS] I got 'til the old man leaves [JOHN] Chris, don't be a schmuck The ambassador is leaving now [CROWD, variously] Take me with you Take my children I have a letter, look! I helped the C.I.A.! [CROWD] They'll kill who they find here Don't leave us behind here [CROWD, variously] I've a wife who left already I've an aunt in New York I have gold, I can pay [CROWD] There is no one to find here! They have left us behind here! [KIM] I must get in there Listen, anyone! Please tell my husband Look, I have his gun! [VIETNAMESE] Out of my way, if that's all you've got [CROWD] If I am here when they come, I'll be shot! [CHRIS] Let me go, John I can't leave her Why in the world should I be saved Instead of her? [CROWD] They'll kill who they find here Don't leave us behind here [JOHN] It's not you, it's war that cruel And if some dreams get smashed Perhaps it's best they were [CROWD & CHRIS, spoken] There is no one to find here! They have left us behind here! (Wait a minute!) [JOHN] Wake up, my friend Your mercy trip has failed There's nothing you can do That ship has sailed She's not the only one We'll have betrayed [CROWD] Get to the roof Or else we are betrayed [KIM] Oh, Chris I still believe The heart of you Is here with me My heart against all odds holds still