Who died?
Our Akita
Evita
You make fun, yet I′m the one
Attempting to do some good
Or do you really want a neighborhood
Where people piss on your stoop every night?
Bohemia, Bohemia's a fallacy in your head
This is Calcutta, Bohemia is dead
Dearly beloved, we gather here to say our goodbyes (dies irae, dies illa)
Here she lies, no one knew her worth (kyrie eleison, yitgadal v′yitkadash)
The late great daughter of Mother Earth
On these nights, when we celebrate the birth
In that little town of Bethlehem
We raise our glass, you bet your ass to la vie bohème
La vie bohème
La vie bohème
La vie bohème
(La vie bohème) to days of inspiration, playing hookey
Making something out of nothing (la vie bohème)
The need to express, to communicate (la vie bohème)
To going against the grain, going insane (la vie bohème) going mad
(La vie bohème) to loving tension, no pension
To more than one dimension (la vie bohème), to starving for attention
Hating convention, hating pretension (la vie bohème)
Not to mention, of course, hating dear old mom and dad (la vie bohème)
(La vie bohème) to riding your bike midday past the three-piece suits
To fruits, to no absolutes (la vie bohème) to Absolut
To choice, to The Village Voice (la vie bohème) to any passing fad
To being an us for once instead of a them
La vie bohème
La vie bohème
Ahem
Hey, Mister, she's my sister
So, that's five miso soup, four seaweed salad, three soy burger dinner
Two tofu dog platter, and one pasta with meatless balls
Ew, it tastes the same
If you close your eyes
And 13 orders of fries, is that it here?
Wine and beer
To hand-crafted beers made in local breweries
To yoga, to yogurt, to rice, and beans, and cheese
To leather, to dildos, to curry vindaloo
To Huevos Rancheros, and Maya Angelou
Emotion, devotion, to causing a commotion
Creation, vacation, mucho masturbation
Compassion, to fashion, to passion when it′s new
To Sontag, to Sondheim, to anything taboo
Ginsberg, Dylan, Cunnigham, and Cage, Lenny Bruce
Langston Hughes (to the stage)
To Uta, to Buddha, Pablo Neruda, too
Why Dorothy and Toto went over the rainbow to blow off Auntie Em
La vie bohéme
Sisters?
We′re close
Brothers
Bisexuals, trisexuals, Homo sapiens, carcinogens, hallucinogens, men
Pee-wee Herman, German wine, turpentine, Gertrude Stein
Antoniotti, Bertolucci, Kurosawa, Carmina Burana
To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy
Václav Havel, The Sex Pistols, 8BC
To no shame, never playing The Fame Game
To marijuana, to sodomy, it's between God and me
To S and M
Waiter, waiter, waiter, waiter (la vie bohème)
In honor of the death of Bohemia
An impromptu salon will commence immediately following dinner
Maureen Johnson, just back from her spectacular one-night engagement
At the 11th Street lot, will perform Native American tribal chants backwards
Through her vocoder while accompanying herself on the electric cello
Which she ain′t never studied
And Mark Cohen will preview his new documentary
About his inability to hold an erection on the high holy days
And Mimi Marquez, clad only in bubble wrap
Will perform her famous lawn-chair handcuff dance
To the sounds of iced tea being stirred
And Roger will attempt to write a bittersweet, evocative song
That doesn't remind us of Musetta′s Waltz
Angel Dumott Schunard will model the latest fall fashions from Paris
While accompanying herself on the ten-gallon plastic pickle tub
And Collins will recount his exploits as anarchist
Including the tale of the successful reprogramming of the MIT
Virtual reality equipment to self-destruct as it broadcasts the words
Actual Reality, Act Up, Fight AIDS
Excuse me, did I do something wrong?
I get invited then ignored all night long
I've been trying, I′m not lying
No one's perfect, I've got baggage
Life′s too short, babe, time is flying
I′m looking for baggage that goes with mine
I should tell you
I've got baggage too (should tell you)
Baggage (wine and beer)
AZT break
You?
Me
You?
Mimi
(To dance) no way to make a living, masochism, pain, perfection
Muscle spasms, chiropractors, short careers, eating disorders (film)
Adventure, tedium, no family, boring locations, dark rooms
Perfect faces, egos, money, Hollywood, and sleaze (music)
Food of love, emotion, mathematics, isolation
Rhythm, power, feeling, harmony, and heavy competition (anarchy)
Revolution, justice screaming for solutions
Forcing changes, risk and danger, making noise, and making pleas
To faggots, lezzies, dykes, cross-dressers too
To me, to me, to me, 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) anyone out of the mainstream
(La vie bohème) is anyone in the mainstream
(La vie bohème) anyone alive with a sex drive (la vie bohème)
Tear down the wall, aren′t we all?
The opposite of war isn't peace, it′s creation (woo!)
La vie bohème
Viva la vie bohème!
