KIM

last night I watched him sleeping

my body pressed to him

and then he started speaking

the name I heard him speak...was Kim

yes I know that this was years ago

but when moonlight fills my room I know

you are here... still



I still

I still believe

you will return

I know you will

my heart

against all odds

holds still



yes, still

I still believe

I know as long as I can keep believing, I'll live

I'll live

love cannot die

you will return

you will return

and I alone know why



(in a bedroom on the other side of the world, in America. A woman is

sitting beside CHRIS who is sleeping. She is ELLEN, CHRIS' s wife)



ELLEN

last night I watched you sleeping

once more, the nightmare came

I heard you cry out something

a word that sounded like... a name

and it hurts me more than I can bear

knowing part of you I'll never share

never know



but still

I still believe

the time will come

when nothing keeps us apart

my heart, forever more

holds still



(CHRIS wakes up from his sleep with a cry. ELLEN takes him in her

arms and calms him)



ELLEN

it' s all over, I' m here

there is nothing to fear

Chris, what' s haunting you?

won' t you let me inside

what you so want to hide!

I need you too!



KIM ELLEN

for still I will hold you all night, I will make

[it all right

I still believe you are safe with me

as long as I and I wish you could tell what you don't

[want to tell

can keep believing, I'll live what your hell must be



I'll live you can sleep now

you will return you can cry now

and I know why I'm your wife now

I'm yours for life

until we die until we die



(In America, CHRIS holds ELLEN; in Vietnam, KIM is alone in

her room.)