#1 Prologue - Look Down
#2 At the End of the Day
#3 I Dreamed
a Dream
#4 Lovely Ladies
#5 Cart Crash Les Miz Lyrics
#1 Prologue - Look Down
#2 At the End of the Day
#3 I Dreamed
a Dream
#4 Lovely Ladies
#5 Cart Crash
#6 Fantine’s Death
#7 Little Cosette
#8 Master of the House
# 9 The
Bargain
#10 The Beggars
#11 The Robbery
#12
Stars
#13
The ABC Café
#14
The People’s Song
#15
Rue Plumet/In My Life
# 16 A Heart Full of Love
#17
Attack on Rue Plumet
#18
One Day More
#19
Building the Barricades
#20
Javert at the Barricade
#21 The
First Attack
#22 The
Night
#23 The Second Attack
#24
The Final Battle
#25 The
Sewers
#26 Javert’s
Suicide
#27 Café
Song (Empty Chairs)
#28 Marius and Cosette
#29
The Wedding
#30 Epilogue
[PRISONERS]
Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye
Look down, look down,
You're here until you die
[CONVICT ONE]
The sun is strong
It's hot as hell below
[PRISONERS]
Look down, look down,
There's twenty years to go
[CONVICT TWO]
I've done no wrong!
Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer!
[PRISONERS]
Look down look down,
Sweet Jesus doesn't care
[CONVICT THREE]
I know she'll wait,
I know that she'll be true!
[PRISONERS]
Look down, look down,
They've all forgotten you
[CONVICT FOUR]
When I get free ya won't see me
Here for dust!
[PRISONERS]
Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye
[CONVICT FIVE]
How long, oh Lord
Before you let me die?
[PRISONERS]
Look down, look down,
You'll always be a slave
Look down, look down,
You're standing in your grave
[JAVERT]
Now bring me prisoner 24601
Your time is up
And your parole's begun
You know what that means.
[VALJEAN]
Yes, it means I'm free.
[JAVERT]
No!
It means you get
Your yellow ticket of leave
You are a thief
[VALJEAN]
I stole a loaf of bread.
[JAVERT]
You robbed a house.
[VALJEAN]
I broke a window pane.
My sister's child was close to death
And we were starving.
[JAVERT]
You will starve again
Unless you learn the meaning of the law.
[VALJEAN]
I know the meaning of those 19 years
A slave of the law
[JAVERT]
Five years for what you did
The rest because you tried to run
Yes, 24601.
[VALJEAN]
My name is Jean Valjean
[JAVERT]
And I am Javert
Do not forget my name!
Do not forget me,
24601.
[PRISONERS]
Look down, look down
You'll always be a slave
Look down, look down
You're standing in your grave.
[VALJEAN]
Freedom is mine. The earth is still.
I feel the wind. I breathe again.
And the sky clears
The world is waking.
Drink from the pool. How clean the taste.
Never forget the years, the waste.
Nor forgive them
For what they've done.
They are the guilty – ev’ryone.
The day begins...
And now let’s see
What this new world
Will do for me!
[He finds work on a farm]
[FARMER]
You'll have to go
I'll pay you off for the day
Collect your bits and pieces there
And be on your way.
[VALJEAN]
You have given me half
What the other men get!
This handful of tin
Wouldn't buy my sweat!
[LABORER]
You broke the law
It's there for people to see
Why should you get the same
As honest men like me?
[VALJEAN]
And now I know how freedom feels
The jailer always at your heels
It is the law!
This piece of paper in my hand
That makes me cursed throughout the land
It is the law!
Like a cur
I walk the street,
The dirt beneath their feet.
[He sits down despairingly outside a house from which emerges the Bishop of
Digne.]
[BISHOP]
Come in, Sir, for you are weary,
And the night is cold out there.
Though our lives are very humble,
What we have, we have to
share.
[VALJEAN]
He let me eat my fill
I had the lion's share
The silver in my hand
Cost twice what I had earned
In all those nineteen years -
That lifetime of despair
And yet he trusted me.
The old fool trusted me -
He'd done his bit of good
I played the grateful serf
And thanked him like I should
But when the house was still,
I got up in the night.
Took the silver,
Took my flight!
[Taking the silver cup, he runs off, but is brought back by two constables]
[CONSTABLE ONE]
Tell his reverence your story
[CONSTABLE TWO]
Let us see if he's impressed
[CONSTABLE ONE]
You were lodging here last night
[CONSTABLE TWO]
You were the honest Bishop's guest.
And then, out of Christian goodness
When he learned about your plight
[CONSTABLE ONE]
You maintain he made a present of this silver.
[BISHOP]
That is right.
But my friend you left so early
Surely something slipped your mind
[The bishop gives Valjean two silver candlesticks]
You forgot I gave these also
Would you leave the best behind?
So, Messieurs, you may release him
For this man has spoken true
I commend you for your duty
And God's blessing go with you.
But remember this, my brother
See in this some higher plan
You must use this precious silver
To become an honest man
By the witness of the martyrs,
By the passion and the blood,
God has raised you out of darkness,
I have bought your soul for God.
[VALJEAN]
What have I done?
Sweet Jesus, what have I done?
Become a thief in the night,
Become a dog on the run
And have I fallen so far,
And is the hour so late
That nothing remains but the cry of my hate,
The cries in the dark that nobody hears,
Here where I stand
[THE POOR]
At the end of the day you're another day older
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor
It's a struggle, it's a war
And there's nothing that anyone's giving
One more day standing about, what is it for?
One day less to be living.
At the end of the day you're another day colder
And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill
And the righteous hurry past
They don't hear the little ones crying
And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill
One day nearer to dying!
At the end of the day there's another day dawning
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
Like the waves crash on the sand
Like a storm that'll break any second
There's a hunger in the land
There's a reckoning still to be reckoned
And there's gonna be hell to pay
At the end of the day!
[The foreman and workers, including Fantine, emerge from the factory]
[FOREMAN]
At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing
Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread
[WORKER ONE]
There are children back at home
[WORKERS ONE AND TWO]
And the children have got to be fed
[WORKER TWO]
And you're lucky to be in a job
[WOMAN]
And in a bed!
[WORKERS ONE, AND TWO AND WOMAN]
And we're counting our blessings!
[GIRL ONE]
Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?
With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?
[GIRL TWO]
It's because little Fantine won't give him his way
[GIRL THREE]
Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands!
[GIRL FOUR]
And the boss, he never knows
That the foreman is always in heat
[GIRL TWO]
If Fantine doesn't look out
Watch how she goes
She'll be out on the street!
[WORKERS]
At the end of the day it's another day over
With enough in your pocket to last for a week
Pay the landlord, pay the shop
Keep on grafting as long as you're able
Keep on grafting till you drop
Or it's back to the crumbs off the table
You've got to pay your way
At the end of the day!
[GIRL FIVE]
And what have we here, little innocent sister?
Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!
[Reading the letter]
Ooh..."Dear Fantine you must send us more money...
Your child needs a doctor...
There's no time to lose..."
[FANTINE]
Give that letter to me
It is none of your business
With a husband at home
And a bit on the side!
Is there anyone here
Who can swear before God
She has nothing to fear,
She has nothing to hide?
[They fight over the letter. Valjean (M. Madeleine) rushes on to break up the
squabble.]
[VALJEAN]
Will someone tear these two apart
What is this fighting all about?
This is a factory, not a circus!
Now, come on ladies, settle down
I run a business of repute
I am the Mayor of this town
[To the foreman]
I look to you to sort this out
And be as patient as you can.
[He goes back into the factory]
[FOREMAN]
Now someone say how this began!
[GIRL FIVE]
At the end of the day
She's the one who began it!
There's a kid that she's hiding
In some little town
There's a man she has to pay
You can guess how she picks up the extra
You can bet she's earning her keep
Sleeping around
And the boss wouldn't like it!
[FANTINE]
Yes it's true there's a child
And the child is my daughter
And her father abandoned us
Leaving us flat
Now she lives with an innkeeper man
And his wife
And I pay for the child
What's the matter with that?
[WOMEN]
At the end of the day
She'll be nothing but trouble
And there's trouble for all
When there's trouble for one!
While we're earning our daily bread
She's the one with her hands in the butter
You must send the slut away
Or we're all gonna end in the gutter
And it's us who'll have to pay
At the end of the day!
[FOREMAN]
I might have known the bitch could bite
I might have known the cat had claws
I might have guessed your little secret
Ah yes, the virtuous Fantine
Who keeps herself so pure and clean
You'd be the cause I had no doubt
Of any trouble hereabout
You play a virgin in the light
But need no urgin' in the night.
[GIRL FIVE]
She's been laughing at you
While she's having her men
[WOMEN]
She'll be nothing but trouble again and again
[GIRL FIVE]
You must sack her today
[WORKERS]
Sack the girl today!
[FOREMAN]
Right my girl. On your way!
[FANTINE]
There
was a time when men were kind,
And their voices were soft,
And their words inviting.
There was a time when love was blind,
And the world was a song,
And the song was exciting.
There was a time when it all went wrong...
I dreamed a dream in time gone by,
When hope was high and life, worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die,
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.
Then I
was young and unafraid,
And dreams were made and used and wasted.
There was no ransom to be paid,
No song unsung, no wine untasted.
But the tigers come at night,
With their voices soft as thunder,
As they tear your hope apart,
And they turn your dream to shame.
He slept a summer by my side,
He filled my days with endless wonder...
He took my childhood in his stride,
But he was gone when autumn came!
And still I dream he'll come to me,
That we will live the years together,
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather!
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living,
So different now from what it seemed...
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed...
[The
docks. Sailors, whores and their customers, pimps, etc. Fantine wanders in]
[SAILOR ONE]
I smell women
Smell 'em in the air
Think I'll drop my anchor
In that harbor over there
[SAILOR TWO]
Lovely ladies
Smell 'em through the smoke
Seven days at sea
Can make you hungry for a poke
[SAILOR THREE]
Even stokers need a little stoke!
[PROSTITUTES]
Lovely ladies
Waiting for a bite
Waiting for the customers
Who only come at night
Lovely ladies
Ready for the call
Standing up or lying down
Or any way at all
Bargain prices up against the wall
[OLD WOMAN]
What pretty hair,
What pretty locks you’ve got there.
What luck you’ve got,
It’s worth a centime my dear.
I’ll
take the lot.
[FANTINE]
Don’t touch me, leave me alone.
[OLD WOMAN]
Let’s make a price.
I’ll give you all of ten francs.
Just
think of that!
[FANTINE]
It pays a debt.
[OLD WOMAN]
Just think of that!
[FANTINE]
What can I do? It pays a debt.
Ten
francs may save my poor Cosette.
[SAILORS/MEN]
Lovely lady!
Fastest on the street
Wasn't there three minutes
She was back up on her feet
[SAILOR ONE]
Lovely lady!
What you waiting for?
Doesn't take a lot of savvy
Just to be a whore
Come on, lady
What's a lady for?
[Fantine re-emerges, her long hair cut short]
[PIMP]
Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there?
[PROSTITUTE ONE]
A bit of skirt. She's the one sold her hair.
[PROSTITUTE TWO]
She's got a kid. Sends her all that she can
[PIMP]
I might have known
There is always some man
Lovely lady, come along and join us!
Lovely lady!
[PROSTITUTE ONE]
Come on dearie, why all the fuss?
You're no grander than the rest of us
Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap
Join your sisters
[PROSTITUTE TWO]
Make money in your sleep!
[Fantine goes off with one of the sailors]
[PROSTITUE ONE]
That's right dearie, let him have the lot
[WHORE THREE]
That's right dearie, show him what you've got!
[WOMEN]
Old men, young men, take 'em as they come
Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind of scum
Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land
See them with their trousers off they're never quite as grand
All it takes is money in your hand!
Lovely ladies
Going for a song
Got a lot of callers
But they never stay for long
[FANTINE]
Come on, Captain,
you can wear your shoes
Don't it make a change
To have a girl who can't refuse
Easy money
Lying on a bed
Just as well they never see
The hate that's in your head
Don't they know they're making love
To one already dead!
[BAMATABOIS]
Here's something new. I think I'll give it a try.
Come closer you! I like to see what I buy...
The usual price, for just a slice of your pie
[FANTINE]
I don't want you. No, no, m'sieur, let me go.
[BAMATABOIS]
Is this a trick? I won't pay more!
[FANTINE]
No, not at all.
[BAMATABOIS]
You've got some nerve, you little whore
You've got some gall.
[He hits her with his stick, she claws at his face, drawing blood]
[FANTINE]
I'll kill you, you bastard,
try any of that!
Even a whore who has gone to the bad
Won't be had by a rat!
[Javert enters, accompanied by constables]
[JAVERT]
Tell me quickly what's the story
Who saw what and why and where
Let him give a full description
Let him answer to Javert!
In this nest of whores and vipers
Let one speak who saw it all
Who laid hands on this good man here?
What's the substance of this brawl?
[BAMATABOIS]
Javert, would you believe it
I was crossing from the park
When this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark
[JAVERT]
She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report
You may rest assured, M'sieur,
That she will answer to the court.
[FANTINE]
There's a child who sorely needs me
Please M'sieur, she's but that high
Holy God, is there no mercy?
If I go to jail she'll die!
[JAVERT]
I have heard such protestations
Every day for twenty years
Let's have no more explanations
Save your breath and save your tears
`Honest work, just reward,
That's the way to please the Lord.'
[Fantine gives a last despairing cry as she is arrested by the constables.
Valjean emerges from the crowd]
[VALJEAN]
A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman's tale
[JAVERT]
[VOICES]
Look out! It's a runaway cart!
[VALJEAN]
Is there anyone here
Who will rescue the man?
[ONLOOKER ONE]
Don't go near him, M’sieur Mayor
[ONLOOKER TWO]
The load is heavy as hell
[ONLOOKER THREE]
The old man's a goner for sure
[ONLOOKER FOUR]
It'll
kill you as well.
[Valjean attempts to lift the cart... but fails. He tries again. They manage to
pull Fauchelevant clear]
[FAUCHELEVANT]
M'sieur le Mayor, I have no words
You come from God, you are a saint.
[JAVERT]
Can this be true?
I don't believe what I see!
A man your age
To be as strong as you are!
A mem'ry stirs...
You make me think of a man
From years ago
A man who broke his parole
He disappeared
Forgive me, Sir,
I would not dare!
[VALJEAN]
Say what you must
Don't leave it there...
[JAVERT]
I have only known one other
Who can do what you have done
He's a convict from the chain gang
He's been ten years on the run
But he couldn't run forever
We have found his hideaway
And he's just been re-arrested
And he comes to court today.
Well, of course he now denies it
You'd expect that of a `con'
But he couldn't run forever -
No, not even Jean Valjean!
[Javert leaves. Valjean is alone]
[VALJEAN]
He thinks that man is me
He knew him at a glance!
That stranger he has found
This man could be my chance!
Why should I save his hide?
Why should I right this wrong
When I have come so far
And struggled for so long?
If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!
I am the master of hundreds of workers.
They all look to me.
How can I abandon them?
How would they live
If I am not free?
If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!
Who am I?
Can I condemn this man to slavery
Pretend I do not feel his agony
This innocent who bears my face
Who goes to judgement in my place
Who am I?
Can I
conceal myself for evermore?
Pretend I'm not the man I was before?
And must my name until I die
Be no more than an alibi?
Must I lie?
How can I ever face my fellow men?
How can I ever face myself again?
My soul belongs to God, I know
I made that bargain long ago
He gave me hope when hope was gone
He gave me strength to journey on
Who am
I? Who am I?
I am Jean Valjean!
And so Javert, you see it's true
That man bears no more guilt than you!
Who am I?
24601!
[FANTINE]
Cosette, it's turned so cold
Cosette, it's past your bedtime
You've played the day away
And soon it will be night.
Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder.
[Valjean enters]
[VALJEAN]
Oh, Fantine, our time is running out
But Fantine, I swear this on my life
[FANTINE]
Look, M'sieur, where all the children play
[VALJEAN]
Be at peace, be at peace evermore.
[FANTINE]
My Cosette...
[VALJEAN]
Shall live in my protection
[FANTINE]
Take her now
[VALJEAN]
Your child will want for nothing
[FANTINE]
Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven.
[VALJEAN]
And none shall ever harm Cosette
As long as I am living.
[FANTINE]
Take my hand. The night grows ever colder.
[VALJEAN]
Then I will keep you warm.
[FANTINE]
Take my child. I give her to your keeping.
[VALJEAN]
Take shelter from the storm
[FANTINE]
For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping
And tell Cosette I love her
And I'll see her when I wake...
[She dies with a smile. Javert arrives]
[JAVERT]
Valjean, at last,
We see each other plain
`M'sieur le Mayor,'
You'll wear a different chain!
[VALJEAN]
Before you say another word, Javert
Before you chain me up like a slave again
Listen to me! There is something I must do.
This woman leaves behind a suffering child.
There is none but me who can intercede,
In Mercy's name, three days are all I need.
Then I'll return, I pledge my word.
Then I'll return...
[JAVERT]
You must think me mad!
I've hunted you across the years
A man like you can never change
A man such as you.
[Valjean breaks a chair and threatens Javert with the broken piece. Turns to
Fantine]
[VALJEAN]
[to Fantine] And this I swear to you tonight
[JAVERT]
[to Valjean] There is no place for you to hide
[VALJEAN]
Your child will live within my care
[JAVERT]
Wherever you may hide away
[VALJEAN]
And I will raise her to the light.
[VALJEAN AND JAVERT]
I swear to you, I will be there!
[They fight, Javert is knocked out. Valjean escapes]
[Young
Cosette is working as a drudge in the Thénardier's inn at Montfermeil]
[YOUNG COSETTE]
There is a castle on a cloud,
I like to go there in my sleep,
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud.
There is a lady all in white,
Holds me and sings a lullaby,
She's nice to see and she's soft to touch,
She says "Cosette, I love you very much."
I know a place where no one's lost,
I know a place where no one cries,
Crying at all is not allowed,
Not in my castle on a cloud.
[MME. THENARDIER]
Now look who's here
The little madam herself!
Pretending once again she's been `so awfully good,'
Better not let me catch you slacking
Better not catch my eye!
Ten rotten francs your mother sends me
What is that going to buy?
Now take that pail
My little `Mademoiselle'
And go and draw some water from the well!
We should never have taken you in in the first place
How stupid the things that we do!
Like mother like daughter, the scum of the street.
Eponine,
come my dear, Eponine, let me see you
You look very well in that new little blue hat
There's some little girls who know how to behave
And they know what to wear
And I'm saying thank heaven for that.
Still there Cosette?
Your tears will do you no good!
I told you fetch some water from the well in the wood!
[YOUNG COSETTE]
Please do not send me out alone
Not in the darkness on my own!
[MME. THENARDIER]
Enough of that, or I'll forget to be nice!
You heard me ask for something,
And I never ask twice!
(Thenardier
greets a new customer)
[THENARDIER]
Welcome, M'sieur, sait yourself down
And meet the best innkeeper in town
As for the rest, all of 'em crooks
Rooking their guests and cooking the books.
Seldom do you see honest men like me
A gent of good intent who's content to be
Master of the house, doling out the charm
Ready with a handshake and an open palm
Tells a saucy tale. Makes a little stir.
Customers appreciate a bon-viveur
Glad to do a friend a favor
Doesn't cost me to be nice
But nothing gets you nothing
Everything has got a little price!
Master of the house, keeper of the zoo
Ready to relieve 'em of a sou or two
Watering the wine. Making up the weight
Pickin' up their knick-knacks
When they can't see straight
Everybody loves a landlord
Everybody's bosom friend
I do whatever pleases
Jesus! Won't I bleed 'em in the end!
[THENARDIER & CHORUS]
Master of the house, quick to catch yer eye
Never wants a passerby to pass him by
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate!
Everybody's boon companion
Everybody's chaperone
[THENARDIER]
But lock up your valises
Jesus! Won't I skin you to the bone!
(To another new customer)
[THENARDIER]
Enter M'sieur, lay down your load
Unlace your boots and rest from the road
This weighs a ton, travel's a curse
But here we strive to lighten your purse
Here the goose is cooked
Here the fat is fried
And nothing's overlooked till I'm satisfied...
[THENARDIER]
Food beyond compare
[MME.
THENARDIER]
Food beyond belief
[BOTH]
Mix it in a mincer and pretend it's beef
[MME.
THENARDIER]
Kidney of a horse
[THENARDIER]
Liver of a cat
[BOTH]
Filling up the sausages with this and that
[MME.
THENARDIER]
Residents are more than welcome
[THENARDIER]
Bridal suite is occupied
[BOTH]
Reasonable charges plus some little extras on the side!
[MME. THENARDIER]
Charge 'em
for the lice
[THENARDIER]
Extra
for the mice
[BOTH]
Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
[THENARDIER]
Here a little slice
[MME.
THENARDIER]
There a little cut
[THENARDIER]
Three
percent for sleeping with the window shut
When it comes to fixing prices
[MME. THENARDIER]
There
are a lot of tricks he knows
[THENARDIER]
How it
all increases
All those bits and pieces
Jesus! It's amazing how it grows!
[THENARDIER AND CHORUS]
Master of the house, quick to catch your eye
Never wants a passerby to pass him by
Servant to the poor, butler to the great
Comforter, philosopher, and lifelong mate!
Everybody's boon companion
Gives 'em everything he's got
[THENARDIER]
Dirty bunch of geezers
Jesus! What a sorry little lot!
[MME. THENARDIER]
I used to dream that I would meet a prince
But God Almighty,
Have you
seen what's happened since?
`Master of the house?'
Isn't worth my spit!
`Comforter, philosopher' and lifelong shit!
Cunning little brain, regular Voltaire
Thinks he's quite a lover but there's not much there
What a cruel trick of nature
Landed me with such a louse
God knows how I've lasted
Living with this bastard in the house!
[THENARDIER & CHORUS]
Master of the house.
[MME. THENARDIER]
Master and a half!
[THENARDIER & CHORUS]
Comforter, philosopher
[MME. THENARDIER]
Ah, don't make me laugh!
[THENARDIER & CHORUS]
Servant to the poor. Butler to the great.
[MME. THENARDIER]
Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!
[THENARDIER & CHORUS]
Everybody bless the landlord!
Everybody bless his spouse!
[THENARDIER]
Everybody raise a glass
[MME. THENARDIER]
Raise it up the master's arse.
[ALL]
Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house!
[VALJEAN]
I found her wandering in the wood,
This little child, I found her trembling in the shadows.
And I am here to help Cosette,
And I will settle any debt you may think proper:
I will pay what I must pay to take Cosette away.
Now her mother is with God.
Fantine’s suffering is over.
And I speak here with her voice.
And I stand here in her place.
[THENARDIER]
What to do? What to say?
Shall you carry our treasure away?
What a gem! What a pearl!
Beyond rubies is our little girl!
How can we speak of debt?
Let's not haggle for darling Colette!
[MME. THENARDIER]
Cosette!
[THENARDIER]
...Cosette.
Dear Fantine, gone to rest...
Have we done for her child what is best?
Shared our bread. Shared each bone.
Treated her like she's one of our own!
Like our own, Monsieur!
[VALJEAN]
Your feelings do you credit, sir
And I will ease the parting blow
He pays them.
Let us not talk of bargains or bones or greed
Now, may I say, we are agreed?
[MME. THENARDIER]
That would quite fit the bill
If she hadn't so often been ill
Little dear, cost us dear
Medicines are expensive, M'sieur
Not that we begrudged a sou
It's no more than we Christians must do!
[M. & MME. THENARDIER]
One thing more, one small doubt
There are treacherous people about
No offense. Please reflect.
Your intentions may not be correct?
[VALJEAN]
No more words. Here's your price.
Fifteen hundred for your sacrifice.
Come, Cosette, say goodbye
Let us seek out some friendlier sky.
Thank you both for Cosette
It won't take you too long to forget.
[BEGGARS]
Look down and see the beggars at your feet
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down and see the sweepings of the street
Look down, look down, upon your fellow man!
[GAVROCHE]
'Ow do you do? My name's Gavroche.
These are my people. Here's my patch.
Not much to look at, nothing posh
Nothing that you'd call up to scratch.
This is my school, my high society
Here in the slums of Saint Michele
We live on crumbs of humble piety
Tough on the teeth, but what the hell!
Think you're poor? Think you're free?
Follow me! Follow me!
[BEGGARS]
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down, look down, upon your fellow man!
[ENJOLRAS]
Where the leaders of the land?
Where are the swells who run this show?
[MARIUS]
Only one man - and that's Lamarque
Speaks for these people here below.
[BEGGAR ONE]
See our children fed
[BEGGAR TWO]
Help us in our shame
[BEGGAR ONE AND
TWO]
Something for a crust of bread
In Holy Jesus' name
[BEGGAR THREE]
In the Lord's Holy name.
[BEGGARS]
In his name, in his name, in his name...
[MARIUS]
Lamarque is ill and fading fast!
Won't last the week out, so they say.
[ENJOLRAS]
With all the anger in the land
How long before the judgement day?
Before we cut the fat ones down to size?
Before the barricades arise?
[GAVROCHE]
Watch out for old Thenardier
All of his family's on the make
Once ran a hash-house down the way
Bit of a swine and no mistake
He's got a gang, the bleeding lay about
Even his daughter does her share
That's Eponine, she knows her way about
Only a kid, but hard to scare
Do we care? Not a cuss!
Long live us, long live us!
[BEGGARS]
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down, look down upon your fellow man!
#11
The Robbery
[MME. THENARDIER]
These bloody students on our street
Here they come slumming once again
Our Eponine would kiss their feet
She never had a scrap of brain
[MARIUS]
Hey, Eponine, what's up today?
I haven't seen you much about.
[EPONINE]
Here you
can always catch me in.
[MARIUS]
Mind the
police don't catch you out!
[EPONINE]
Here,
what’d you do with all these books?
I could have been a student too!
Don't judge a girl on how she looks.
I know a lot of things, I do!
[MARIUS]
Poor Eponine, the things you know
You wouldn't find in books like these.
[EPONINE]
I like the way you grow your hair
[MARIUS]
I like the way you always tease
[EPONINE]
Little he knows! Little he sees!
(Valjean arrives with Cosette, now grown up)
[MME. THENARDIER]
Here's the old boy. Stay on the job and watch out for the law.
[EPONINE]
Stay out of this.
[MARIUS]
But Eponine...
[EPONINE]
You'll be in trouble here
It's not your concern, you'll be in the clear
[MARIUS]
Who is that man?
[EPONINE]
Leave me alone!
[MARIUS]
Why is he here? Hey, Eponine!
(He tries to follow her, and bumps into Cosette)
I didn't see you there, forgive me.
[THENARDIER]
Please m'sieur, come this way
Here's a child that ain't eaten today.
Save a life, spare a sou
God rewards all the good that you do.
Wait a bit. Know that face.
Ain't the world a remarkable place?
Men like me don't forget
You're the bastard who borrowed Cosette!
(Thenardier grabs Valjean and rips open his shirt, revealing the number on his
chest)
[VALJEAN]
What is this? Are you mad?
No, Monsieur, you don't know what you do!
[THENARDIER]
You know me, you know me.
I'm a con, just like you.
[EPONINE]
It's the police! Disappear!
Run for it! It's Javert!
[JAVERT]
Another brawl in the square
Another stink in the air!
Was there a witness to this?
Well, let him speak to Javert!
M'sieur, the streets are not safe,
But let these vermin beware
We'll see that justice is done!
Look upon this fine collection
Crawled from underneath a stone
This swarm of worms and maggots
Could have picked you to the bone!
I know this man over here
I know his name and his trade
And on your witness, M'sieur,
We'll see him suitably paid.
(Valjean and Cosette have disappeared)
But where's the gentleman gone?
And why on earth did he run?
(Marius runs off to find Cosette)
[THENARDIER]
You will have a job to catch him
He's the one you should arrest
No more bourgeois when you scratch him
Than that brand upon his chest!
(The constables search for Valjean)
[JAVERT]
Could it be he's some old jailbird
That the tide now washes in
Heard my name and started running
Had the brand upon his skin
And the girl who stood beside him
When I turned they both had gone
Could he be the man I've hunted?
Could it be he's Jean Valjean?
[THENARDIER]
In the absence of a victim,
Dear Inspector, may I go?
And remember when you've nicked him,
It was me who told you so!
[JAVERT]
Let the old man keep on running
I will run him off his feet!
Everyone about your business!
Clear this garbage off the street!
[JAVERT]
Stars in your multitudes
Scarce to be counted
Filling the darkness
With order and light
You are the sentinels
Silent and sure
Keeping watch in the night
Keeping watch in the night
You know your place in the sky
You hold your course and your aim
And each in your season
Returns and returns
And is always the same
And if you fall as Lucifer fell
You fall in flame!
And so it has been and so it is written
On the doorway to paradise
That those who falter and those who fall
Must pay the price!
Lord let me find him
That I may see him
Safe behind bars
I will never rest
Till then this I swear
This I swear by the stars!
[GAVROCHE]
That inspector thinks he's something
But it's me who runs this town!
And my theater never closes
And the curtain's never down
Trust Gavroche, have no fear
Don't you worry, auntie dear,
You can always find me here!
[EPONINE]
Cosette! Now I remember!
Cosette! How can it be?
We were children together
Look what's become of me...
(Marius returns)
[EPONINE]
Good God! Ooh, what a rumpus!
[MARIUS]
That girl, who can she be?
COMBEFERRE
ENJOLRAS
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!
COMBEFERRE
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
COSETTE
# 16 A
Heart Full of Love
MARIUS
A heart full of love
A heart full of song
I'm doing everything all wrong
Oh God, for shame
I do not even know your name
Dear Mad'moiselle
Won't you say?
Will you tell?
COSETTE
A heart full of love
No fear, no regret
M,ARIUS
My name is Marius Pontmercy
COSETTE
And mine's Cosette
MARIUS
Cosette, I don't know what to say
COSETTE
Then make no sound
MARIUS
I am lost
COSETTE
I am found!
MARIUS
A heart full of light
COSETTE
A night bright as day
MARIUS
And you must never go away
Cosette, Cosette
COSETTE
This is a chain we'll never break
MARIUS
Do I dream?
COSETTE
I'm awake!
MARIUS
A heart full of love
COSETTE
A heart full of you
MARIUS
A single look and then I knew
COSETTE
I knew it too
MARIUS
From today
COSETTE
Every day
COSETTE & MARIUS
For it isn't a dream
Not a dream after all.
EPONINE
These are words he'll never say
Not to me...
MARIUS
From today
EPONINE
Not to me, not for me...
COSETTE
Ev’ry
day
EPONINE
His heart full of love
MARIUS, COSETTE
For it isn’t a dream,
Not a
dream after all
EPONINE
#17
Attack on Rue Plumet
MONTPARNASSE
This is his lair, I've seen the old fox around
BABET
He keeps
himself to himself
He's staying close to the ground
THENARDIER
I smell
profit here!
Ten years ago He came and paid for Cosette
I let her go for a song
It's time we settled the debt
This'll cost him dear
BRUJON
What do I care, who you should rob?
Give me my share! Finish the job!
THENARDIER
You shut your mouth
Give me your hand
BRUJON
(catching sight of Eponine)
What have we here?
THENARDIER
(not recognizing her)
Who is this hussy?
BABET
It's your brat Eponine
Don't you know your own kid
Why's she hanging about you?
THENARDIER
Eponine, get on home
You're not needed in this
We're enough here without you
EPONINE
I know this house
I tell you there's nothing here for you
Just the old man and the girl
They live ordinary lives
THENARDIER
Don't interfere
You've got some gall
Take care, young miss,
You've got a lot to say!
BRUJON
She's going soft
CLAQUESOUS
Happens to all
MONTPARNASSE
Go home, 'Ponine,
Go home, you're in the way
EPONINE
I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna warn them here.
THENARDIER
One little scream and you'll regret it for a year.
(She screams)
Make for
the sewers, go underground!
Leave her to me, don't wait around
You wait my girl, you'll rue this night
I'll make you scream, you'll scream all right
(The gang scatters. Marius and Cosette run back into the garden
and he hurriedly introduces Eponine before she takes off)
MARIUS
It was your cry sent them away
Once more 'Ponine saving the day
Dearest Cosette - my friend 'Ponine
Brought me to you, showed me the way!
Someone is near
Let's not be seen
Somebody's here!
(Marius leaves quickly as Valjean enters)
VALJEAN
My God, Cosette!
I heard a cry in the dark
I heard the shout of angry voices in the street.
COSETTE
That was my cry you heard, Papa,
I was afraid of what they'd do.
They ran away when they heard my cry.
VALJEAN
Cosette, my child, what will become of you?
COSETTE
Three men I saw beyond the wall
Three men in shadow moving fast
VALJEAN
This is a warning to us all
These are the shadows of the past
Must be Javert!
He's found my cover at last!
I've got to get Cosette away
Before they return!
We must get away from shadows
They will never let us be
Tomorrow to Calais...
And then a ship across the sea!
Hurry, Cosette, prepare to leave and say no more,
Tomorrow we'll away!
Hurry, Cosette, it's time to close another door
And live another day!
VALJEAN
One day more!
Another day, another destiny.
This never-ending road to Calvary;
These men who seem to know my crime
Will surely come a second time.
One day more!
MARIUS
I did not live until today.
How can I live when we are parted?
VALJEAN
One day more.
MARIUS & COSETTE
Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
And yet with you, my world has started!
EPONINE
One more day with him not caring.
MARIUS & COSETTE
I was born to be with you.
EPONINE
What a life I might have known.
MARIUS & COSETTE
And I swear I will be true!
EPONINE
But he never saw me there!
ENJOLRAS
One more day before the storm!
MARIUS
Do I follow where she goes?
ENJOLRAS
At the barricades of freedom.
MARIUS
Shall I join my brothers there?
ENJOLRAS
When our ranks begin to form
MARIUS
Do I stay; and do I dare?
ENJOLRAS
Will you take your place with me?
ALL
The time is now, the day is here
VALJEAN
One day more!
JAVERT
One more day to revolution,
We will nip it in the bud!
I will join these little schoolboys,
They will wet themselves with blood!
VALJEAN
One day more!
M. & MME. THENARDIER
Watch 'em run amuck,
Catch 'em as they fall,
Never know your luck when there's a free for all,
Here a little `dip'
There a little `touch'
Most of them are goners so they won't miss much!
THENARDIER, ALTOS, BASSES
One day to a new beginning
MME. THENARDIER, SOPRANOS, TENORS
Raise
the flag of freedom high!
THENARDIER, ALTOS, BASSES
Every man will be a king
MME. THENARDIER, SOPRANOS, TENORS
Every
man will be a king
THENARDIER, ALTOS, BASSES
There's a new world for the winning
MME. THENARDIER, SOPRANOS, BASSES
There's
a new world to be won
ALL
Do you hear the people sing?
MARIUS
My place is here, I fight with you!
VALJEAN
One day more!
MARIUS & COSETTE
I did not live until today.
EPONINE
MARIUS & COSETTE
How can I live when we are parted?
JAVERT(overlapping)
I will join these people's heros
I will follow where they go
I will learn their little Secrets,
I will know the things they know.
VALJEAN
One day more!
MARIUS & COSETTE
I did not live until today,
How can I live when we are parted?
Tomorrow
you'll be worlds away
And yet with you my world has started
EPONINE
One more day all on my own!
What a
life I might have known!
VALJEAN
One day more
Tomorrow
we'll be far away,
Tomorrow is the judgement day
JAVERT
I will join these people’s heroes
I will follow where they go
I will learn their little secrets
I will know the things they know
One more
day to revolution
We will nip it in the bud
We’ll be
ready for these schoolboys
We'll be ready for these
THENARDIERS(overlapping)
Watch 'em run amok
Catch 'em as they fall
Here a little dip
There a little touch
Watch
‘em run amok
Never know your luck
When there's a free-for-all!
ALL
Tomorrow we'll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store!
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!
#19 Building the Barricades
ENJOLRAS
Here upon these stones we will build our barricade
In the heart of the city we claim as our own!
Each man to his duty and don't be afraid.
Wait! I will need a report
On the strength of the foe.
JAVERT(disguised as a rebel)
I can find out the truth
I know their ways
Fought their wars
Served my time
In the days of my youth.
MARIUS
Hey, little boy, what's this I see?
God, Eponine, the things you do!
EPONINE
I know this is no place for me,
Still, I would rather be with you!
MARIUS
Get out before the trouble starts.
Get out, 'Ponine, you might get shot!
EPONINE
I've got you worried now, I have
That shows you like me quite a lot!
MARIUS
There is a way that you can help
You are the answer to a prayer!
Please take this letter to Cosette
And pray to God that she's still there!
EPONINE
Little you know!
Little you care!
(She walks to the Rue Plumet, where she meets Valjean)
EPONINE
I have a letter M'sieur
It's addressed to your daughter, Cosette
It's from a boy at the barricade, Sir,
In the Rue de Villette.
VALJEAN
Give me that letter here, my boy.
EPONINE
He said to give it to Cosette
VALJEAN
You have my word that my daughter will know
What this letter contains.
(He gives her a coin)
Tell the young man she will read it tomorrow
And here's for your pains
Go careful now, stay out of sight
There's danger in the streets tonight.
(He opens the letter... and reads it)
"Dearest Cosette, you have entered my soul
And soon will be gone.
Can it be only a day since we met
And the world was reborn?
If I should fall in the battle to come
Let this be my goodbye...
Now that I know you love me as well
It is harder to die...
I pray that god will bring me home
To be with you.
Pray for your Marius. He prays for you!"
(Valjean goes in, leaving Eponine alone)
EPONINE
And now
I'm all alone again,
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to.
Without a home, without a friend,
Without a face to say hello to.
And now the night is near,
Now I can make believe he's here.
Sometimes I walk alone at night
When everybody else is sleeping.
I think of him, and then I'm happy
With the company I'm keeping.
The city goes to bed,
And I can live inside my head.
On my own,
Pretending he's beside me.
All alone,
I walk with him till morning.
Without him,
I feel his arms around me,
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me.
In the rain,
The pavement shines like silver.
All the lights
Are misty in the river.
In the darkness,
The trees are full of starlight,
And all I see is him and me for ever and forever.
And I know
It's only in my mind,
That I'm talking to myself
And not to him.
And although I know that he is blind,
Still I say,
There's a way for us.
I love him,
But when the night is over,
He is gone,
The river's just a river.
Without him,
The world around me changes.
The trees are bare and everywhere
The streets are full of strangers.
I love him,
But every day I'm learning,
All my life,
I've only been pretending!
Without me,
His world will go on turning,
A world that's full of happiness
That I have never known!
I love him, I love him, I love him.
But only on my own.
ENJOLRAS
Red, the blood of angry men
Black, the night that ends at last
ARMY OFFICER
You at the barricade, listen to this!
No one is coming to help you fight!
You’re on your own.
You have no friends.
Give up your guns or die!
ENJOLRAS
Damn their warnings, damn their lies!
They will see the people rise!
JOLY (THE SENTRY)
He’s back!
JAVERT
I have overheard their plans
There will be no attack tonight
They intend to starve us out
Before they start a proper fight
Concentrate their force
Hit us from the right.
GAVROCHE
Liar!
Good evening, dear inspector
Lovely evening, my dear.
I know this man, my friends
His name is Inspector Javert
So don't believe a word he says
'Cause none of it's true
This only goes to show
What little people can do!
And little people know, when little people fight
We may look easy pickings but we've got some bite
So never kick a dog
Because he's just a pup
We'll fight like twenty armies
And we won't give up
So you'd better run for cover when the pup grows up!
GRANTAIRE
Bravo, little Gavroche, you're the top of the class!
PROUVAIRE
So what are we going to do with this snake in the grass?
COURFEYRAC
Shoot him!
ENJOLRAS
Tie this man and take him to the tavern in there
The people will decide your fate Inspector Javert!
JOLY
There's a boy climbing the barricade!
MARIUS
Good God! What are you doing?
'Ponine, have you no fear?
Have you seen my beloved?
Why have you come back here?
EPONINE
Took the letter like you said
I met her father at the door
He said he would give it
Don't think I can stand any more.
(She
collapses in his arms)
MARIUS
Eponine, what's wrong?
I feel
there's something wet upon your hair
Eponine, you're hurt
You need some help!
Oh God, it's everywhere....
EPONINE
Don't you fret, M'sieur Marius
I don't feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now
You're here, that's all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
And rain will make the flowers grow.
MARIUS
But you will live, 'Ponine - dear God above,
If I could heal your wounds with words of love.
EPONINE
Just hold me now, and let it be.
Shelter me, comfort me
So don't you fret, M'sieur Marius
I don't feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now
That's all I need to know
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close
MARIUS
Hush-a-bye, dear Eponine,
You won't feel any pain
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt you now
I'm here
I will stay with you
Till you are sleeping
And rain
will make the flowers grow
(She dies. Marius kisses her, then lays her on the ground)
ENJOLRAS
She is the first to fall
The first of us to fall upon this barricade
MARIUS
Her name was Eponine
Her life was cold and dark
Yet she
was unafraid.
COMBEFERRE
We fight here in her name
PROUVAIRE
She will not die in vain.
LESGLES
She will not be betrayed.
JOLY
Here comes a man in uniform
What brings you to this place?
VALJEAN
I come here as a volunteer
JOLY
Approach and show your face
PROUVAIRE
You wear an army uniform.
VALJEAN
That’s why they let me through
JOLY
You see that prisoner over there?
GRANTAIRE
A volunteer like you!
COMBEFERRE
A spy who calls himself Javert!
COURFEYRAC
He’s gonna get it, too.
JOLY
They’re getting ready to attack.
ENJOLRAS
Take this and use it well
But if you shoot us in the back
You’ll never live to tell
SENTRY ONE
Platoon of snipers advancing toward the barricade!
SENTRY TWO
Troops behind them! Fifty men or more!
ENJOLRAS
Fire!
FEUILLY
Sniper!
(Valjean shoots a sniper who is aiming at Enjolras)
LESGLES
See how they run away!
GRANTAIRE
By God we've won the day!
ENJOLRAS
They will be back again,
Make an attack again.
(To Valjean.)
For your presence of mind
For the deed you have done
I will thank you M'sieur
When our battle is won.
VALJEAN
Give me no thanks M'sieur
There is something you can do.
ENJOLRAS
If it is in my power.
VALJEAN
Give me the spy Javert
Let me take care of him!
JAVERT
The law is inside out
The world is upside down
ENJOLRAS
Do what you have to do,
The man belongs to you.
The enemy may be regrouping. Hold yourself in readiness.
Come my friends, back to your positions.
The night is falling fast.
VALJEAN
We meet again.
JAVERT
You've hungered for this all your life;
Take your revenge!
How right you should kill with a knife!
(Valjean cuts the ropes which bind Javert.)
VALJEAN
You talk too much,
Your life is safe in my hands.
JAVERT
Don't understand
VALJEAN
Get out of here.
JAVERT
Valjean, take care!
I'm warning you...
VALJEAN
Clear out of here.
JAVERT
Once a thief, forever a thief
What you want you always steal!
VALJEAN
You are wrong, and always have been wrong.
I'm a man, no worse than any man.
You are free, and there are no conditions,
No bargains or petitions.
There's nothing that I blame you for
You've done your duty, nothing more.
If I come out of this alive, you'll find me
At number fifty-five Rue Plumet
No doubt our paths will cross again.
(Valjean fires his gun into the air, Javert leaves quickly. Muted applause from
the students who think Javert has been shot)
ENJOLRAS
Courfeyrac, you take the watch
They won't attack until it's light
Everybody stay awake
We must be ready for the fight
For the final fight
Let no one sleep tonight!
Marius, rest.
FEUILLY
Drink with me to days gone by
Sing with me the songs we knew
PROUVAIRE
Here's to pretty girls who went to our heads.
JOLY
Here's to witty girls who went to out beds.
ALL
Here's to them and here's to you!
GRANTAIRE
Drink with me to days gone by
Can it be you fear to die?
Will the world remember you
When you fall?
Could it be your death
Means nothing at all?
Is your life just one more lie?
ALL
Drink with me to days gone by
To the life that used to be
WOMEN
At the shrine of friendship, never say die
Let the wine of friendship never run dry
MEN
Let the wine of friendship never run dry
ALL
Here's to you and here's to me
MARIUS
Do I care if I should die
Now she goes across the sea?
Life without Cosette
Means nothing at all.
Would you weep, Cosette,
Should Marius fall?
Will you weep, Cosette, for me?
(Marius settles down to sleep)
VALJEAN
God on high, hear my prayer
In my need you have always been there
He is young, he's afraid
Let him rest heaven blessed.
Bring him home, bring him home
Bring him home.
He's like the son I might have known
If God had granted me a son.
The summers die one by one
How soon they fly on and on
And I am old and will be gone.
Bring him peace, bring him joy
He is young, he is only a boy
You can take, you can give
Let him be, let him live
If I die, let me die
Let him live
Bring him home, bring him home
Bring him home.
ENJOLRAS
The people have not stirred
We are abandoned by those who still live in fear
The people have not heard,
Yet we will not abandon those who cannot hear
Let us not waste lives,
Let all the women and fathers of children go from here.
#23 The
Second Attack
ENJOLRAS
Fire! How do we stand, Feuilly? Make your report.
FEUILLY
We've guns enough, but ammunition's short
MARIUS
Let me go into the streets
There are bodies all around
Ammunition to be had
Lots of bullets to be found!
ENJOLRAS
I won't let you go, it's too much of a chance!
MARIUS
The same is true for any man here!
VALJEAN
Let me go. He's no more than a boy.
I am old, I have nothing to fear.
GAVROCHE
You need somebody quicker and I volunteer!
(Gavroche climbs the barricade)
LESGLES
Come back Gavroche, don't you dare!
JOLY
Someone pull him down at once!
GAVROCHE
Look at me, I'm almost there!
GAVROCHE
Little people know, when
Little people fight, we
May look easy pickings
But we've got some bite!
(He is hit again.)
So never kick a dog
Because he's just a pup
We'll fight like twenty armies
And we won't give up
So you'd better run for cover
When the pup grows....
(He dies)
ARMY OFFICER
You at the barricade listen to this:
THENARDIER
VALJEAN
It's you, Javert!
I knew you wouldn't wait too long
The faithful servant at his post once more!
This man's done no wrong,
And he needs a doctor's care.
JAVERT
I warned you I would not give in
I won't be swayed
VALJEAN
Another hour yet
And then I'm yours
And all our debts are paid.
JAVERT
The man of mercy comes again
And talks of justice
JAVERT
Come, time is running short
Look down, Javert--he's standing in his grave
Give way, Javert, there is a life to save.
JAVERT
Take him Valjean,
Before I change my mind
I will be waiting, 24601.
Who is this man?
What sort of devil is he
To have me caught in a trap
And choose to let me go free?
It was his hour at last
To put a seal on my fate
Wipe out the past
And wash me clean off the slate!
All it would take
Was a flick of his knife.
Vengeance was his
And he gave me back my life!
Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief!
Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase.
I am the Law and the Law is not mocked
I'll spit his pity right back in his face
There is nothing on earth that we share
It is either Valjean or Javert!
How can I now allow this man
To hold dominion over me?
This desperate man whom I have hunted
He gave me my life. He gave me freedom.
I should have perished by his hand
It was his right.
It was my right to die as well
Instead I live... but live in hell.
And my thoughts fly apart
Can this man be believed?
Shall his sins be forgiven?
Shall his crimes be reprieved?
And must I now begin to doubt,
Who never doubted all these years?
My heart is stone and still it trembles
The world I have known is lost in shadow.
Is he from heaven or from hell?
And does he know
That granting me my life today
This man has killed me even so?
I am reaching, but I fall
And the stars are black and cold
As I stare into the void
Of a world that cannot hold
I'll escape now from the world
From the world of Jean Valjean.
There is nowhere I can turn
There is no way to go on....
(He throws himself into the swollen river)
WOMAN
ONE
Did you see them going off to fight?
WOMAN TWO
Children of the barricade who didn't last the night.
WOMAN THREE
They were schoolboys, never held a gun.
Fighting for a new world
That would rise up like the sun.
WOMAN FOUR
Where's that new world now the fighting's done?
ALL
Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning
Through the years.
Turning, turning, turning through the years
Minutes into hours and the hours into years.
Nothing changes. Nothing ever can
Round about the roundabout and back where you began.
Round and round and back where you began!
MARIUS
COSETTE
Every day you walk with stronger step
You walk with longer step
the worst is over
MARIUS
Everyday, I wonder everyday
Who was it brought me here from the barricade?
COSETTE
Don’t think about it, Marius
With all the years ahead of us
I will never go away
And we will be together everyday
Everyday
We’ll remember that night and the vow that we made
COSETTE
A heart full of love
A night full of you
The words are
Old but always true
VALJEAN
She was never mine to keep
She is youthful
She is free
MARIUS
Cosette, Cosette!
Waiting for you,
At your feet,
And it wasn’t a dream
Not a dream after all.
COSETTE
I saw you waiting and I knew
At you call
And it wasn’t a dream
Not a dream after all
VALJEAN
Love is the garden of the young
Let it be
Let it Be
A heart full of love
This I give you this day
MARIUS
M’sieur, this is a day I never can forget
Is gratitude enough for giving me Cosette?
Your home shall be with us and not a day shall pass
But we will prove our love to you
Whom we shall call a father to us both
Father to us all
VALJEAN
Not another word, my son
There’s something now that must be done
There lived a man whose named was Jean Valjean
He stole some bread t