I have dreamed that your arms are lovely
I have dreamed what a joy you'll be
I have dreamed every word you'll whisper
When you're close, close to me
How you look in the glow of evening
I have dreamed and enjoyed the view
In these dreams I've loved you so
That by now I think I know
What it's like to be loved by you
I will love being loved by you
Just sing
Just sing
♪
I have dreamed and enjoyed the view
♪
As the roles changed
And I grew up
It was inevitable that I would start singing love songs
And then came Miss Saigon
A great love story
Kim falls passionately in love with Chris
I had never even been in a relationship
I didn't know what to do
So, I asked the women in the cast
I asked the straight men in the cast
I asked the gay men in the cast to tell me about love
And their answer was the same:
"You just know"
Not helpful
Next, I went to my mother:
"Mom, what is it like to be in love?"
"Hay, naku! When you're with him
You touch his face, he touches your face!"
♪
So, here I was
Conservative
Catholic
Eighteen years old
Having to do these intense love scenes
With an actor ten years older than me
Finally, we're in tech
And Nicolas Hytner, our director, stops the rehearsal
At this point in the day, my leading man and I are on stage
In bed
Nic tells me to get out of the bed
And then he gets into the bed
And then he starts demonstrating
It was odd
But I finally understood
I learned about love watching Nic Hytner
Get it on with a straight man on stage at the Drury Lane
Saigon was life-changing
In so many ways
As we were developing the show, we went through
Countless drafts of so many different songs
One day, you'd fall in love with one song, and then the next day
It would be gone
There were so many beautiful songs
That never made it to the Broadway production
Here's one that not many people have heard