Original lyrics

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MAUREEN Are we packed? JOANNE Yes and by next week I want you to be MAUREEN Pookie? JOANNE And you should see They've padlocked your building And they're rioting on Avenue B Benny called the cops MAUREEN That fuck JOANNE They don't know what they're doing The cops are sweeping the lot But no one's leaving They're just sitting there, mooing! ALL Yeah!!! ALL To dance A GIRL No way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection. Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short careers, eating disorders ALL Film MARK Adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations Darkrooms, perfect faces, egos, money Hollywood and sleaze ALL Music ANGEL Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation, rhythm Power, feeling Harmony and heavy competition ALL Anarchy COLLINS & MAUREEN Revolution, justice Screaming for solutions Forcing changes, risk and danger Making noise and making pleas ALL To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross dressers too MAUREEN To me MARK To me COLLINS & ANGEL To me ALL To you, and you and you, you and you To people living with, living with, living with Not dying from disease Let he among us without sin Be the first to condemn La Vie Bohème La Vie Bohème La Vie Bohème MARK Anyone out of the mainstream Is anyone in the mainstream? Anyone alive with a sex drive Tear down the wall Aren't we all The opposite of war isn't peace... It's creation ALL La Vie Bohème La Vie Bohème La Vie Bohème ALL La Vie Bohème ALL Viva la Vie Bohème