Happy New Year B
Original Broadway Cast of Rent
[MAUREEN]
I think we need an agent!

[MARK]
We?

[JOANNE]
Thats selling out

[MARK]
But it's nice to dream!

[MAUREEN]
Yeah! It's network TV
And it's all thanks to me!

[MARK]
Somehow i think i smell a whiff of a scheme!

[JOANNE]
Me too
[MAUREEN]
We can plan another protest

[JOANNE]
We?

[MAUREEN]
This time you can shoot from the start
You'll direct, starring me!

[MARK, MAUREEN, JOANNE]
5, 4, 3
Open sesame! Happy new year!
Happy new year!
Happy new...

[BENNY]
I see that you've beaten me
To the punch

[MARK]
How did you know we'd be here?

[BENNY]
I had a hunch
[MARK]
You're not mad?

[BENNY]
I'm here to end this war
It's a shame you went and destroyed the door

[MIMI]
Why all of a sudden the big about face?

[BENNY]
The credit is yours
You made a good case

[ROGER]
What case?

[BENNY]
Mimi came to see me
And she had much to say

[MIMI]
That's not how you put it
At all yesterday!

[BENNY]
I couldn't stop thinking
About the whole mess!
Mark you'll want to get this on film
[MARK]
I guess

[BENNY]
I regret the unlucky circumstances
Of the last seven days

[ROGER]
Circumstance?
You padlocked our door!

[BENNY]
And it's a great pleasure on behalf of cyber arts
That I hand you this key

[ANGEL]
Golf claps

[MARK]
I had no juice in my battery

[BENNY]
Reshoot!

[ROGER]
Oh I see this is a photo opportunity

[MAUREEN]
The benevolent god
Ushers the poor artists back to their flat
Were you planning on taking
Down the barbed wire from the lot too?

[ROGER]
Anything but that

[BENNY]
Clearing the lot
Was a safety concern
We break ground this month
But you can return

[MAUREEN]
That's why you're here
With people you hate
Instead of with Muffy
At Muffy's estate

[BENNY]
I honestly rather'd be with you tonight than in Westport

[ROGER]
Spare us old sport, the sound bite

[BENNY]
Mimi, since you were so seductive

[MIMI]
You came onto me!

[BENNY]
Persuade him not to be so counterproductive

[ROGER]
Liar!

[BENNY]
Why not tell them what you wore to my place?

[MIMI]
I was on my way to work

[BENNY]
Black leather and lace
My desk was a mess
I think I'm still sore

[MIMI]
Cause I kicked him and told him I wasn't his whore

[BENNY]
Does your boyfriend know who your last boyfriend was?

[ROGER]
I'm not her boyfriend, I don't care what she does!

[ANGEL]
People, is this any way to start a new year, have compassion
Benny just lost his cat

[BENNY]
My dog, but i appreciate that

[ANGEL]
My cat had a fall, and I went through hell

[BENNY]
It's like losing a... How did you know that she fell?

[COLLINS]
Champagne?

[BENNY]
Don't mind if I do. To dogs...

[ALL BUT BENNY]
No, Benny, to you!

[ANGEL]
Let's make a resolution

[MIMI]
I'll drink to that

[COLLINS]
Let's always stay friends

[JOANNE]
Though we may have our disputes

[MAUREEN]
This family tree's got deep roots

[MARK]
Friendship is thicker than blood

[ROGER]
That depends

[MIMI]
Depends on trust

[ROGER]
Depends on true devotion

[JOANNE]
Depends on love

[MARK]
Depends on not denying emotion!

[ROGER]
Perhaps

[ALL]
It's gonna be a happy new year!

[ROGER]
I guess

[ALL]
It's gonna be a happy new year!

[ROGER]
You're right

[ANGEL]
It's gonna be a happy new year!

[ROGER & MIMI]
I'm sorry

[ROGER]
Coming

[MIMI]
In a minute. I'm fine. Go

[THE MAN]
Well, well, well. What have we here?
It's gonna be a happy new year. There, there...
Write the lyrics for a pop song made in 1996, titled "Happy New Year B", by artist "Original Broadway Cast of Rent".