The Fall Of Saigon - Original London Cast Recording

Sorry Sergeant, we must accelerate
State department says we evacuate
The word is we must be out by dawn (Christ!)
Sorry Sergeant, it's straight from Washington
No one leaves the ground now, not anyone
As fast as we load the planes, we're gone (But my girl's out there!)

Okay, keep quiet don't shout
The ambassador won't leave 'till everyone's out
The choppers on their way, there's room for you all
They're climbing over the wall, get back!

Get back, I tell you don't shout
The ambassador won't leave 'till everyone's out
The ambassador just sent an order to freeze
That's it! No more Vietnamese, get in!

But my girl's out there!
I'm the wife of a soldier, please let me through!
Help me, who must I pay?
Tell me what I must do
Let me out, I gotta go back for my bride!
Listen someone, my husband is waiting inside!

Please Kim, hear the phone
I can't get there, please be home
Please Chris, no one sees
I am lost here, find me please
Please get me through, I don't care how
Don't take my love away, not now

Oh Chris (oh Kim)
I can't get free (please get free)
Still I'm with you (I am with you)
Wait for me!

Sorry Sergeant, inside the embassy
We are pulling out now and there will be no more reprieves
I got 'till the old man leaves
Chris, don't be a schmuck, the Ambassador's leaving now

Take me with you (take my children)
I have a letter, look
I helped the C.I.A.
They'll kill who they find here
Don't leave us behind here

I've a wife who left already
I have an aunt in New York
I have gold, I can pay
There is no one to find here
They have left us behind here

I must get in there, listen, anyone
Please tell my husband
Look, I have his gun
Out of my way, if that's all you got
(If I am here when they come, I'll be shot)

Let me go John, I can't leave her
Why in the world should I be saved instead of her?
(They'll kill who they find here)
(Don't leave us behind here)

It's not you, it's war that's cruel
And if some dreams get smashed
Perhaps it's the best they were
(There is no one to find here)
(They have left us behind here)

Wait a minute!
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
(Get to the roof or else we are betrayed)

Oh Chris, I still believe
The heart of you is here with me
My heart against all odds holds still