The Fall of Saigon

[OFFICER]
Sorry Sergeant, we must accelerate
State Department says we evacuate
The word is we must be out by dawn
[CHRIS, spoken]
Christ!
[OFFICER]
Sorry Sergeant, it's straight from Washington
No one leaves the grounds now, not anyone
As fast as we load the planes we're gone
[CHRIS, spoken]
But my girl's out there!
[MARINE CAPTAIN]
Okay, keep quiet, don't shout
The ambassador won't leave 'til everyone's out
The choppers' on their way, there's room for you all
[MARINE]
They're climbing over the wall
Get back!
[OFFICERS]
Get back, I tell you, don't shout
The ambassador won't leave 'til everyone's out
[MARINE]
The ambassador just sent an order to freeze
[MARINE CAPTAIN]
That's it! No more Vietnamese
Get in!
[CHRIS, spoken]
But my girl's out there!
[KIM]
I'm the wife of a soldier
Please let me through!
Help me, who must I pay?
Tell me what I must do
[CHRIS]
Let me out
I got to go back for my bride
[KIM]
Listen, someone
My husband is waiting inside!
[CHRIS]
Please, Kim
Hear the phone
I can't get there
Please be home
[KIM]
Please, Chris
No one sees
I am lost here
Find me please
[KIM & CHRIS]
Please get me through
I don't care how
Don't take my love away
Not now!
[KIM & CHRIS]
Oh, Chris, (Oh, Kim)
I can't get free (Please get free)
Still I'm with you (I am with you)
[KIM & CHRIS]
Wait for me
[MARINE CAPTAIN]
Sorry Sergeant, inside the embassy
We are pulling out now and there will be
No more reprieves
[CHRIS]
I got 'til the old man leaves
[JOHN]
Chris, don't be a schmuck
The ambassador is leaving now
[CROWD, variously]
Take me with you
Take my children
I have a letter, look!
I helped the C.I.A.!
[CROWD]
They'll kill who they find here
Don't leave us behind here
[CROWD, variously]
I've a wife who left already
I've an aunt in New York
I have gold, I can pay
[CROWD]
There is no one to find here!
They have left us behind here!
[KIM]
I must get in there
Listen, anyone!
Please tell my husband
Look, I have his gun!
[VIETNAMESE]
Out of my way, if that's all you've got
[CROWD]
If I am here when they come, I'll be shot!
[CHRIS]
Let me go, John
I can't leave her
Why in the world should I be saved
Instead of her?
[CROWD]
They'll kill who they find here
Don't leave us behind here
[JOHN]
It's not you, it's war that cruel
And if some dreams get smashed
Perhaps it's best they were
[CROWD & CHRIS, spoken]
There is no one to find here!
They have left us behind here! (Wait a minute!)
[JOHN]
Wake up, my friend
Your mercy trip has failed
There's nothing you can do
That ship has sailed
She's not the only one
We'll have betrayed
[CROWD]
Get to the roof
Or else we are betrayed
[KIM]
Oh, Chris
I still believe
The heart of you
Is here with me
My heart against all odds holds still