I - Brian Tichy

Various Artists - Various Artists
Various Artists
Rent Soundtrack, Cast Recording
Christmas Bells (Various Locations, St. Marks Plac
FIVE HOMELESS PEOPLE
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are ringing
Christmas bells are singing
On TV - at Saks
SQUEEGEEMAN
Honest living, honest living
Honest living, honest living
Honest living, honest living
ALL FIVE HOMELESS
Can't you spare a dime or two
Here but for the grace of God go you
You'll be merry
I'll be merry
Tho merry ain't in my vocabulary
No sleighbells
No Santa Claus
No yule log
No tinsel
No holly
No hearth
No
SOLOIST
'Rudolph the red nosed reindeer'
ALL FIVE
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
No room at the Holiday Inn -- oh no
(A few flakes of snow begin to descend.)
And it's beginning to snow
(The stage suddenly explodes with life. The scene is St. Mark's Place
on Christmas Eve -- an open-air bazaar of color, noise, and
movement.)
VENDORS
Hats, bats, shoes, booze
Mountain bikes, potpourri
Leather bags, girlie mags
Forty-fives, AZT
VENDOR #1
No one's buying
Feel like crying
ALL
No room at the Holiday Inn, oh no
And it's beginning to snow
(Lights up on one woman, who is showing off a collection of stolen
coats to COLLINS and ANGEL.)
VENDOR #2
How about a fur --
In perfect shape
Owned by an MBA from uptown
I got a tweed
Broken in by a greedy
Broker who went broke
And then broke down
COLLINS
You don't have to do this
ANGEL
Hush your mouth, it's Christmas
COLLINS
I do not deserve you, Angel
COLLINS
Give--give
All you do
Is give
Give me some way to show
How much you've touched me so
ANGEL
Wait--what's on the floor?
Let's see some more...
No--no--no...
Kiss me -- it's beginning to snow
(Lights focus on MARK and ROGER on right above.)
MARK
.. She said, "Would you light my candle?"
And she put on a pout
And she wanted you
To take her out tonight?
ROGER
Right
MARK
She got you out!
ROGER
She was more than okay
But I pushed her away
It was bad -- I got mad
And I had to get her out of my sight
MARK
Wait, wait, wait -- you said she was sweet
ROGER
Let's go eat -- I'll just get fat
It's the one vice left when you're dead meat
(MIMI has entered looking furtively for THE MAN.)
There -- that's her
MARK
Maureen?
ROGER
Mimi!
MARK
Whoa!
ROGER
I should go
MARK
Hey -- it's beginning to snow
(The POLICE OFFICERS, in riot gear, enter above.)
POLICE OFFICERS
I'm dreaming of a white, right Christmas
(POLICE OFFICERS exit.)
MIMI