Light My Candle

(album: Rent (Original Broadway Cast Recording) - 1996)

[Roger:]
What'd you forget?

[Mimi:]
Got a light?

[Roger:]
I know you, you're...you're shivering

[Mimi:]
It's nothing, they turned off my heat
And I'm just a little weak on my feet
Would you light my candle?
What are you staring at?

[Roger:]
Nothing, your hair in the moonlight
You look familiar
Can you make it?

[Mimi:]
Just haven't eaten much today
At least the room stopped spinning, anyway
What?

[Roger:]
Nothing, your smile reminded me of

[Mimi:]
I always remind people of...
Who is she?

[Roger:]
She died, her name was April

[Mimi:]
It's out again
Sorry about your friend
Would you light my candle?

[Roger:]
Well...

[Mimi:]
Yeah? Ow!

[Roger:]
Oh, the wax, it's...

[Mimi:]
Dripping!
I like it between my...

[Roger:]
Fingers, I figured
Oh, well, goodnight
It blew out again?

[Mimi:]
No, I think that I dropped my stash

[Roger:]
I know I've seen you out and about
When I used to go out
Your candle's out

[Mimi:]
I'm illing, I had it when I walked in the door
It was pure
Is it on the floor?

[Roger:]
The floor?

[Mimi:]
They say that I have the best ass
Below 14th Street, is it true?

[Roger:]
What?

[Mimi:]
You're staring again

[Roger:]
Oh no, I mean you do, have a nice
I mean you look familiar

[Mimi:]
Like your dead girlfriend

[Roger:]
Only when you smile
But I'm sure I've seen you somewhere else

[Mimi:]
Do you go to the Cat Scratch Club?
That's where I work, I dance
Help me look!

[Roger:]
Yes!
They used to tie you up

[Mimi:]
It's a living

[Roger:]
I didn't recognize you without the handcuffs

[Mimi:]
We could light the candle
Oh, won't you light the candle?

[Roger:]
Why don't you forget that stuff?
You look like you're sixteen

[Mimi:]
I'm nineteen, but I'm old for my age
I'm just born to be bad

[Roger:]
I once was born to be bad
I used to shiver like that

[Mimi:]
I have no heat, I told you

[Roger:]
I used to sweat

[Mimi:]
I got a cold

[Roger:]
Uh huh, I used to be a junkie

[Mimi:]
But now and then I like to...

[Roger:]
Uh huh

[Mimi:]
Feel good

[Roger:]
Oh, here it...

[Mimi:]
What's that?

[Roger:]
It's a candy bar wrapper

[Mimi:]
We could light the candle
Oh, what'd you do with my candle?

[Roger:]
That was my last match

[Mimi:]
Our eyes'll adjust
Thank God for the moon

[Roger:]
Maybe it's not the moon at all
I hear Spike Lee's shooting down the street

[Mimi:]
Bah humbug, bah humbug

[Roger:]
Cold hands...

[Mimi:]
Yours too
Big, like my father's
Do you wanna dance?

[Roger:]
With you?

[Mimi:]
No, with my father

[Roger:]
I'm Roger

[Mimi:]
They call me, they call me...
Mimi