This Is The Hour
Miss Saigon

(The ENGINEER, in a peasant clothes,

is brought back to the city from a re-education camp by THUY's soldiers.

THUY instructs him to find KIM in exchange for his freedom)

(The ENGINEER tracks down KIM and leads THUY to her.

Once more, she rejects his love declaring that she's sworn herself

to CHRIS; the enraged THUY, now the people's commissar,

orders his soldiers to attack.

They wreck the room and beat up the ENGINEER)

[ENGINEER]

Are you waiting for them to kill me?

Did you not get what he said?

There's a big screw loose inside you

I will rip it out of your head

That's a mad dog on the rampage

If you think he'll change - save your

Breath

Just say Yes - I don't care if you love Him

Princess, life has it all over death!

[KIM]

I have a husband

Real as the sun in the sky

I cannot live with a lie

[THUY]

Do you see now who has power

Do you still think crazy things?

[KIM]

Chris will come to me like the phoenix

and he'll take me off on his wings

[THUY]

You're a traitor to your country

[KIM]

If I am, then let it be

[KIM], [THUY] AND THE [ENGINEER]

I am talking of life or death now

I am talking of staying free

[ENGINEER]

So there it is now - it's time to move on

If you don't need me, I'd rather be gone

Two kids in love don't need strangers around

[THUY]

Just get out

[ENGINEER]

Right! I won't make a sound

(grabs his sack and leaves)

[THUY]

And as for you

Come with me

[KIM]

NO

There is a secret

That you don't know

There is a force here

I never show

You say it's treason

To keep my vow

Season after season

I survived somehow

If you want a reason

I will show you now

(KIM pulls back the curtain and out runs a scared two year old boy.

KIM hugs him.)

Look, Thuy, this is my son

He has kept me alive

Now you see why

I must tell you No

[THUY]

No one must ever see

This thing you're showing me

Your bastard fouls our name

[KIM]

My baby's not to blame

For what I've done

[THUY]

You must decide upon

Which side you're really on

You whored to make this kid

[KIM]

That isn't what I did

Don't touch my son

[THUY]

You must see how it is

When you're my wife

Having that child of his

Brands us for life

No alternative!

The child cannot live

(THUY pulls a knife, threatening the boy)

[KIM]

No

You will not touch him

Don't touch my boy

He's what I live for

He's my only joy

[KIM]

You will not touch

him

[THUY]

He is my enemy

It's he turns you from me

[KIM]

Don't touch my boy

[THUY]

Erase him from your life

Even your memory

[KIM]

He's what I live for

[THUY]

He's one drop in a flood

Left here to taint our blood

[KIM]

He's my only joy

[THUY]

Our marriage bond was sworn

Forget that he was born

(KIM pulls out a gun)

[THUY]

Of course you have a gun

And now you'll shoot your cousin'

And it's a U.S. gun

[KIM]

Don't touch my

little boy

And do not test

A gun that lost the war

my will

[THUY]

You're the corrupted one Go on and shoot - don't wait

To save your bastard son You must not hesitate

[KIM]

Im warning you,

for him

I'll kill

[KIM]

The earth moves where I stand

I feel the turning of a wheel

I feel nothing in my hand

Not even the feel of steel

You will not take my child...

[THUY]

You don't know how to kill

[KIM]

I have no other choice

What I must do I will

(She shoots THUY - and at the same moment,

the street pageant continues in the street outside)

[CROWD]

This is the hour

This is our land

We found the power

In our brother's hand

And from a storm

Pierced with light

Fierce and white

The lightning came

A bright'ning flame

To end the night

(A gigantic statue of Ho Chin Mihn is raised in the square outside)

One man to heed us -

Each girl, each boy

One voice to lead us

In a song of joy

This is the hour

This is our land

(In the room, KIM stares and THUY's body)

(KIM puts the gun, her family shrine and a few valuables in a sack,

and taking TAM by the hand, escapes)

Purchase "This Is The Hour" Purchase Entire Album Email Video to Friends Play Youtube "This Is The Hour" Video Play Spotify "This Is The Hour" Song View Wikipedia "This Is The Hour" Entry Receive Emails for Future Miss Saigon Lyrics

Link to "This Is The Hour"

Share:

Copied!

Share on Facebook, Twitter, and more

See Recommended Lyrics For You

Loading...

Related Songs

This Hour - Future of Forestry At This Hour - Spin Doctors At This Hour - Spin Doctors This Forced Hour - Choke This Long Hour - Dead Letter Circus At This Hour [#] - Spin Doctors This Darkest Hour - Drowning The Light In This Hour - Joy Whitlock Now Is the Hour - New Hawaiian Band Now Is the Hour - Wayne King Now Is the Hour - The Everly Brothers Now Is the Hour - Gale Storm Now Is the Hour - Bob Ralston Now Is the Hour - Gene Vincent Now Is the Hour - Martin Denny Now Is the Hour - Horace Heidt & His Orchestra Now Is the Hour - Alfred Apaka Now Is the Hour - The Lennon Sisters Now Is the Hour - 101 Strings Orchestra Now Is the Hour - Eddy Howard Now Is the Hour - Forty-Eighth Highlanders Now Is the Hour - The Glenn Miller Orchestra Now Is the Hour - Glenn Miller Now Is the Hour - Pat Boone Now Is the Hour - Royal Festival Pops Orchestra Now Is the Hour - Kate Smith Now Is the Hour - Gracie Fields Now Is the Hour - Perry Como Now Is the Hour - The Charioteers Now Is the Hour - Connie Francis Now Is the Hour - Horace Heidt Now Is the Hour - Phil Coulter Now Is the Hour - Burl Ives Now Is the Hour - Frank Patterson Now Is the Hour - George Lewis Now Is the Hour - Tony Osborne Now Is the Hour - Slim Whitman Now Is the Hour - Vera Lynn Now Is the Hour - Margaret Whiting Now Is the Hour - Papa Bue Jensen Now Is the Hour - Kamahl Now Is the Hour - Duane Eddy Now Is the Hour - Marty Robbins Now Is the Hour - Dick Haymes Now Is the Hour - Romantic Strings & Orchestra Now Is the Hour - The Staaf Quartet Now Is the Hour - Werner MÃ¼ller Now Is the Hour - Guy Lombardo Now Is the Hour - Vaughn Monroe Now Is the Hour - Cliff Adams Now Is the Hour - Ken Darby Now Is the Hour - Archie Lewis Now Is The Hour - Bing Crosby Now Is The Hour - Frank Sinatra Now Is The Hour - Hayley Westenra Now Is the Hour... Now Is The Hour - Eddie Cochran Now Is The Hour - Hank Snow Now Is The Hour - Jim Ed Brown Now Is the Hour - Winnie Winston My Finest Hour - The Lodger Birchwood Beaker - This Is the Kit Looks Like You Got In A Gangfight And Your Gang Di... 16 To 1 We Don't Make It Past 20... Anything Worth Shooting Once... Nobody Fucks With A Lion - This Is The Hospital Urgency Of Silence - This Is The Hospital Whatever Helps You Sleep At Night... Interlude - This Is The Hospital The Exchange Rate From Dollar To Skrill... Smoke Signals - This Is The Hospital Daybreak - This Is The Hospital For The Angels - This Is The Hospital Hope Springs Eternal - This Is The Hospital Go Comatose For Me Baby - This Is The Hospital Spinney - This Is the Kit Moon - This Is the Kit Death of World Class - This Is Hell Forever Discontent - This Is Hell Destroyer - This Is Hell Out Come The Bastards - This Is Hell The Search - This Is Hell An Introduction - This Is Why Framework - This Is Why Atlantic - This Is Why I am the Cardinal - This Is Why Well-known landmarks are second to any beautiful f... Hyperion - This Is Why Suit and Tied - This Is Why Maura Davis - This Is Why Swimming Amongst Machines - This Is Why Just because I rock doesn't mean my heart is made ... Cash flows and egos - This Is Why Warbirds - This Is Hell Worship Syndrome - This Is Hell Never Tear Us Apart (Inxs Cover) - This Is Hell If You Ever Make a Comeback - This Is Energy Bloodlines - This Is Hell No Take Backs - This Is Love Permanence - This Is Hell Here Come The Rains - This Is Hell Prelude (Again) - This Is Hell The Polygraph Cheaters - This Is Hell Retrospect - This Is Hell The Absentee Ballot - This Is Hell Deliver Me - This Is Hell Broken Teeth - This Is Hell Nobody Leaves Without Singing The Blues... Procession Commence - This Is Hell Epilogue - This Is Hell Cut Us (And We Bleed - This Is Menace Last Days Campaign - This Is Hell Memoirs - This Is Hell End Of An Era - This Is Hell You Are The Antithesis - This Is Hell Fearless Vampires - This Is Hell Realization: Remorse - This Is Hell In Shambles - This Is Hell Disciples - This Is Hell Resuscitate - This Is Hell Remnants - This Is Hell Without Closure - This Is Hell Infected - This Is Hell Reckless - This Is Hell Double Grave - This Is Hell Moving Targets - This Is Hell Diamond Lanterns - This Is Hell Heaven Sent, Hell Bound - This Is Hell Dead Salutes - This Is Hell Ad Infinitum - This Is Hell Give You My Hand - This Is It Summertime It Rains - This Is It Screen Lover - This Is It Life After You - This Is It Demons - This Is Hell Dance For Me - This Is It Champions Of The World (Stadium Mix) - This Is It Christmas Time - This Is It Champions Of The World (England Pub Mix)... Richmans Woman - This Is It Love Me Too - This Is It Time is Right - This Is It People Power - Cornershop Girl Singing in the Wreckage - Black Box Recorder Ungodly Hour - Fray People Power in the Disco Hour - Clinton Insomnia - Washington Happy Hour - Scientists My Finest Hour - Matthew West My Finest Hour - Matt West Take This Day - Cry Of The Afflicted Little Bones - Tragically Hip I Created A Monster - The Chase More Than This Hour - All About Eve Late Caller - Glen Johnson The Hour - Khoma The Hour - Paradise Lost The Hour - Matt Duke The Hour - Valerie June The End Of The Hour - Paths Of Possession Ill Advised - State Radio Dory - Grizzly Bear Burning In My Soul - Matt Maher One Hour Drive - Törnqvist Rebecka Again (My Darkest Hour) - Black Rust Make It Go Away - The Priddle Concern Our Solemn Hour - Within Temptation So, In This Hour... - The Rocket Summer So, In This Hour... - Rocket Summer Bring on the Night - The Police Whatever Happened to the Eight Hour Day?... Golden Hour - Radiant The Magic Hour Is Now - Hellogoodbye A Million Miles An Hour - Nickelback Mine to Lose - Grayarea Your Darkest Hour - Dimension Zero The Face Of Love - Eddie Vedder Mind Power - Scorpions Mind Power - The Scorpions Finest Hour - Rebbeca Epic: A Chorus of Obliteration - The Showdown Cafe Stalker - Fun Machine everybody knows - Johan Miami - Taking Back Sunday Twenty-four Hour Night - Eddie Cochran Golden Mile - Daniel Rossen The Waiting Hour - Human Drama For an Hour with You - J. Tillman Every Hour Wounds - Insomnium Her Ghost - Jon Brion Don't Look Back - Recoil Our Solemn Hour [DVD][Live] - Within Temptation Slumber Party - The Phoenix Foundation What Is This? - Sergio Mendes Damn the Night - Ludicra Man Of The Hour - Perfect Confusion Only an Hour Ago - Marshall Crenshaw Darkest Hour - Eric Saade U93 - The Cooper Temple Clause Down In The Canyon - Heartless Bastards

Please consider supporting this site by Clicking Here and Bookmarking whenever you search and shop Amazon. It costs you nothing but it supports us and gives us credit and we appreciate it greatly.