Lyrics: Alain Boublil/Richard Maltby Jr.
Music: Claude-Michel Schönberg
[CHRIS] John, you were great. Can I see you alone?
I gotta know what you meant on the phone
What is this news you received you can only tell me
[JOHN] A lot of groups use my Bangkok staff
To process problems on their behalf
We got this in from the embassy
It's not easy to tell you, it's best that you see
[CHRIS] Kim! It's about Kim, isn't it?
Every day for a year how I tried to get word
Tell me first, nothing else, tell me: did she survive?
[JOHN] You must read the report, Chris, but yes, she's alive
[CHRIS] You don't know, John, these nightmares, the things that I've seen
I have seen her face burned, seen her shot with my gun
I have chased her through streets and I've only heard screams
What's wrong? Come on. There is still something more
[JOHN] She has a child
You have a son
[CHRIS] You won't believe me but I dreamed this, John
It's in the nightmare when I see Saigon
Jesus, John, I am married
Is this story for real?
[JOHN] I'm only telling you what I received
But our reports can usually be believed
Kim's a bar-girl in Bangkok
Pal, I know how you feel
[CHRIS] It's too late! I have a whole new life
I was in love with Kim, but now I have a wife
[JOHN] Listen, Chris, I know the shock you've had
There are solutions here; it isn't always bad
[CHRIS] Oh John, I never told her
My wife - how can I tell her?
A child - what do I do?
I shattered Kim - now Ellen too
[JOHN] I have learned the best thing for a couple to do [CHRIS] I have to tell her
[JOHN] You should both come to Bangkok [CHRIS] I have to tell her
[JOHN] I mean Ellen, too
[CHRIS] Us both?
[JOHN] You both should go!
[CHRIS] You may be right
But first... first Ellen has to know