Video The Transaction de Alain Boublil 2025 Lyrics Lyrics

Alain Boublil - The Transaction Lyrics

[ENGINEER, spoken]
Vacation's over, back to work
Let's go!

[ENGINEER]
Hey Monsieur John, how'd you like to get rich
Go home in style?

[JOHN]
Yeah, okay, what's the pitch?

[ENGINEER]
A U.S. visa to help me get out
Lend me a bit of your embassy clout

[JOHN]
There isn't a chance, pal, you're too well known
Look, what I want is that girl in the dress

[ENGINEER]
Ooh, you have a good eye
Her name is Kim, she's my new princess
You give her a try?

[JOHN]
It's my friend Chris
Who's the one feeling down
[MARINE]
I ordered a beer!

[ENGINEER]
She'll get him up
It's her first night in town
But I have to warn you
She don't come cheap

It's got to be twenty for my princess
She's sort of a virgin, well, more or less
For twenty more you get a room and key
For fifty bucks, she's got the whole night free

[MARINES]
No one gives you a buzz
Like the Engineer does

[JOHN]
Stop drooling, white boy
You're losing your cool
You like this jail bait?

[CHRIS]
John, open your eyes
This is the end of the line
This whole rotten scene
This little girl, we could be in the sack
For what it costs me to buy a Big Mac
John, it's time to go back
You know what I mean
[JOHN]
I'm starting to cry, you're so out of touch
The trouble with you is you think too much, oh
Old Dr. John knows what you need, alright
I've bought you a present, she yours all night

[MARINES]
Nothing gives you a hit
Like the Engineer's shit

[Across the room, the ENGINEER speaks to KIM.]

[ENGINEER]
See little princess, I was right
You got the biggest score tonight
You caught that sergeant by the nose
You stay with him until he goes
Call him Chris
He'll like that

[KIM]
That marine
Wants his beer

[ENGINEER]
You said you needed a job
You said you'd turn a trick
You'd better prove it and quick!
[ENGINEER leads KIM to CHRIS.]

[ENGINEER, spoken]
Voilà!