Dearly beloved we gather here to say our goodbyes
Here she lies
No one knew her worth
The late great daughter of mother earth
On this night when we celebrate the birth
In that little town of bethlehem
We raise our glass- you bet your ass to-
La vie boheme
La vie boheme
La vie boheme
La vie boheme
La vie boheme
To days of inspiration
Playing hookie,
making something out of nothing
The need to express
To communicate,
To going against the grain
Going insane
Going mad
To loving tension,
no pension
To more than one dimension,
To starving for attention,
Hating convention,
hating pretension
Not to mention of course,
Hating dear old mom and dad
To riding your bike,
Midday past the three- piece suits
To fruits to no absolutes
To absolute- to choice
To the village voice
To any passing fad
To being an us-for once-, instead of a them -
La vie boheme
La vie boheme
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, cunningham 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 boheme
Bisexuals, trisexuals, homo sapiens,
Carcinogens, hallucinogens, men, pee wee herman
German wine, turpentine, gertrude stein
Antonioni, bertolucci, kurosawa
Carmina Burana
To apathy, to entropy, to empathy, ecstasy
Vaclav 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 & m
VIVA LA VIE BOHEME!
