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[ENGINEER] |
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Are you waiting for them to kill me? |
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Did you not get what he said? |
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There's a big screw loose inside you |
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I will rip it out of your head |
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That's a mad dog on the rampage |
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If you think he'll change - save your |
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Breath |
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Just say "Yes" - I don't care if you love Him |
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Princess, life has it all over death! |
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[KIM] |
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I have a husband |
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Real as the sun in the sky |
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I cannot live with a lie |
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[THUY] |
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Do you see now who has power |
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Do you still think crazy things? |
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[KIM] |
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Chris will come to me like the phoenix |
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and he'll take me off on his wings |
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[THUY] |
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You're a traitor to your country |
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[KIM] |
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If I am, then let it be |
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[KIM], [THUY] AND THE [ENGINEER] |
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I am talking of life or death now |
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I am talking of staying free |
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[ENGINEER] |
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So there it is now - it's time to move on |
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If you don't need me, I'd rather be gone |
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Two kids in love don't need strangers around |
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[THUY] |
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Just get out |
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[ENGINEER] |
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Right! I won't make a sound |
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(grabs his sack and leaves) |
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[THUY] |
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And as for you |
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Come with me |
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[KIM] |
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NO |
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There is a secret |
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That you don't know |
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There is a force here |
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I never show |
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You say it's treason |
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To keep my vow |
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Season after season |
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I survived somehow |
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If you want a reason |
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I will show you now |
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(KIM pulls back the curtain and out runs a scared two year old boy. |
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KIM hugs him.) |
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Look, Thuy, this is my son |
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He has kept me alive |
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Now you see why |
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I must tell you "No" |
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[THUY] |
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No one must ever see |
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This thing you're showing me |
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Your bastard fouls our name |
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[KIM] |
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My baby's not to blame |
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For what I've done |
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[THUY] |
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You must decide upon |
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Which side you're really on |
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You whored to make this kid |
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[KIM] |
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That isn't what I did |
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Don't touch my son |
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[THUY] |
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You must see how it is |
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When you're my wife |
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Having that child of his |
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Brands us for life |
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No alternative! |
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The child cannot live |
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(THUY pulls a knife, threatening the boy) |
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[KIM] |
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No |
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You will not touch him |
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Don't touch my boy |
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He's what I live for |
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He's my only joy |
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[KIM] |
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You will not touch |
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him |
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[THUY] |
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He is my enemy |
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It's he turns you from me |
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[KIM] |
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Don't touch my boy |
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[THUY] |
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Erase him from your life |
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Even your memory |
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[KIM] |
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He's what I live for |
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[THUY] |
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He's one drop in a flood |
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Left here to taint our blood |
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[KIM] |
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He's my only joy |
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[THUY] |
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Our marriage bond was sworn |
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Forget that he was born |
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(KIM pulls out a gun) |
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[THUY] |
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Of course you have a gun |
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And now you'll shoot your cousin' |
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And it's a U.S. gun |
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[KIM] |
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Don't touch my |
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little boy |
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And do not test |
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A gun that lost the war |
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my will |
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[THUY] |
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You're the corrupted one Go on and shoot - don't wait |
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To save your bastard son You must not hesitate |
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[KIM] |
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Im warning you, |
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for him |
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I'll kill |
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[KIM] |
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The earth moves where I stand |
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I feel the turning of a wheel |
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I feel nothing in my hand |
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Not even the feel of steel |
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You will not take my child... |
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[THUY] |
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You don't know how to kill |
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[KIM] |
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I have no other choice |
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What I must do I will |
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(She shoots THUY - and at the same moment, |
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the street pageant continues in the street outside) |
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[CROWD] |
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This is the hour |
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This is our land |
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We found the power |
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In our brother's hand |
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And from a storm |
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Pierced with light |
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Fierce and white |
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The lightning came |
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A bright'ning flame |
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To end the night |
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(A gigantic statue of Ho Chin Mihn is raised in the square outside) |
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One man to heed us - |
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Each girl, each boy |
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One voice to lead us |
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In a song of joy |
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This is the hour |
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This is our land |
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(In the room, KIM stares and THUY's body) |
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(KIM puts the gun, her family shrine and a few valuables in a sack, |
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and taking TAM by the hand, escapes) |
