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LES MISERABLESHerbert Kretzmer

(DISC ONE)

ACT ONE

1. PROLOGUE (WORK SONG)

CHAIN GANGLook down, look downDon't look 'em in the eyeLook down, look downYou're here until you die.The sun is strongIt's hot as hell belowLook down, look downThere's twenty years to go.I've done no wrongSweet Jesus, hear my prayerLook down, look downSweet Jesus doesn't careI know she'll waitI know that she'll be trueLook down, look downThey've all forgotten youWhen I get freeYou won't see me'Ere for dustLook down, look downDon't look 'em in the eye.

How long, 0 Lord,Before you let me die?Look down, look downYou'll always be a slaveLook down, look down,You're standing in your grave.

JAVERTNow bring me prisoner 24601Your time is upAnd your parole's begunYou know what that means,

VALJEANYes, it means I'm free.

JAVERTNo! It means You getYour yellow ticket-of-leaveYou are a thief.

VALJEANI stole a loaf of bread.

JAVERTYou robbed a house.

VALJEANI broke a window pane.My sister's child was close to deathAnd we were starving.

! ! Les Miserables! !

JAVERTYou will starve againUnless you learn the meaning of the law.

VALJEANI know the meaning of those 19 yearsA slave of the law.

JAVERTFive years for what you didThe rest because you tried to runYes, 24601.

VALJEANMy name is Jean Valjean.

JAVERTAnd I'm JavertDo not forget my nameDo not forget me24601.

2. ON PAROLE / THE BISHOP

VALJEANFreedom is mine. The earth is still.I feel the wind. I breathe againAnd the sky clearsThe world is wakingDrink from the pool. How clean the taste


Never forget the years, the wasteNor forgive themFor what they've doneThey are the guilty—every oneThe day beginsAnd now let's seeWhat this new worldWill do for me

EMPLOYERYou'll have to goI'll pay you off for the dayCollect your bits and pieces thereAnd be on your way

VALJEANYou have given me halfWhat the other men getThis handful of tinWouldn't buy my sweat

LABORERYou've broke the lawIt's there for people to seeWhy should you get the sameAs honest men like me.

VALJEANAnd now I know how freedom feelsThe jailer always at your heels.It is the law


This piece of paper in my handThat makes me cast throughout the land.It is the lawLike a curI walk the streetThe dirt beneath their feet.

BISHOPCome in, Sir, for you are wearyAnd the night is cold out thereThough our lives are very humbleWhat we have we have to shareThere is wine here to revive youThere is bread to make you strongThere's a bed to rest till morningRest from pain, and rest from wrong

VALJEANHe let me eat my fillI have the lion's shareThe silver in my handCost twice what I had earnedIn all those nineteen yearsThat lifetime of despairAnd yet he trusted meThe old fool trusted meHe'd done his bit of goodI played the grateful serfAnd thanked him like I shouldAnd when the house was stillI got up in the night


Took the silverTook my flight!

CONSTABLESTell His Reverence your story.Let us see if he's impressed.You were lodging here last night.You were the honest Bishop's guest.And then, out of Christian goodness.When he learned about your plightYou maintain he made a present of this silver

BISHOPThat is right.But my friend, you left so earlySurely something slipped your mind.You forgot I gave these alsoWould you leave the best behind?So, Messieurs, you may release himFor this man has spoken true.I commend you for your dutyAnd God's blessing go with you.But remember this, my brotherSee in this some higher plan.You must use this precious silverTo become an honest man.By the witness of the martyrsBy the Passion and the BloodGod has raised you out of darknessI have bought your soul for God!


3. VALJEAN'S SOLILOQUY

VALJEANWhat 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 farAnd is the hour so lateThat nothing remains but the cry of my hate,The cries in the dark that nobody hearsHere where I stand at the turning of the years?If there's another way to goI missed it twenty long years ago.My life was a war that could never be wonThey gave me a number and murdered ValjeanWhen they chained Me and left me for deadJust for stealing a mouthful of bread.Yet why did I allow this manTo touch my soul and teach me love?He treated me like any other.He gave me his trust.He called me Brother.My life he claims for God above.Can such things be?For I had come to hate the world.This world that always hated me!Take an eye for an eye.Turn your heart into stone.This is all I have lived for.This is all I have known.


One word from him and I'd be backBeneath the lash, upon the rack.Instead, he offers me my freedom.I feel my shame inside me like a knife.He told me that I have a soul.How does he know?What spirit comes to move my life?Is there another way to go?I am reaching, but I fall,And the night is closing in,And I stare into the void —To the whirlpool of my sin.I'll escape now from the worldFrom the world of Jean ValjeanJean Valjean is nothing now.Another story must begin!

4. AT THE END OF THE DAY

THE POORAt the end of the day you're another day olderAnd that's all you can I say for the life of the poorIt's a struggle, it's a warAnd there's nothing that anyone's givingOne more day standing aboutWhat is it for?One day less to be living!At the end of the day you're another day colderAnd the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chillAnd the righteous hurry pastThey don't hear the little ones crying


And the winter is coming on fastReady to killOne day nearer to dying!At the end of the day there's another day dawningAnd the sun in the morning is waiting to riseLike the waves crash on the sandLike a storm that'll break any secondThere's a hunger in the landThere's a reckoning still to be reckoned andThere's gonna be hell to payAt the end of the day!

FOREMANAt the end of the day you get nothing for nothingSitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread.

WORKERSThere are children back at homeAnd the children have got to be fedAnd you're lucky to be in a jobAnd in a bedAnd we're counting our blessings!

WOMENHave you seen how the foreman is fuming todayWith his terrible breath and his wandering hands?It's because little Fantine won't give him his wayTake a look at his trousers, you see where he stands!

WORKERSAt the end of the day it's another day over


With enough in your pocket to last for a weekPay the landlord, pay the shopKeep on grafting as long as you're ableKeep on grafting till you dropOr it's back to the crumbs off the tableYou've got to pay your wayAt the end of the day!

GIRLAnd what have we here, little innocent sister?Come on Fantine let's have all the news"Ooh...dear Fantine, you must send us more money ... your child needs a doctor ... There's no time to lose ... "

FANTINEGive that letter to meIt is none of your businessWith a husband at homeAnd a bit on the sideIs there anyone hereWho can swear before GodShe has nothing to fearShe has nothing to hide?

VALJEANWhat is this fighting all about?Will someone tear these two apartThis is a factory, not a circus.Now, come on ladies, settle downI run a business of reputeI am the Mayor of this town


I look to you to sort this outAnd be as patient as you can.

FOREMANNow someone say how this began!

GIRLAt the end of the dayShe's the one who began it,There's a kid that she's hidingIn some little town.There's a man she has to payYou can guess how she picks up the extra.You can bet she's earning her keepSleeping aroundAnd the boss wouldn't like it!

FANTINEYes it's true there's a childAnd the child is my daughterAnd her father abandoned usLeaving us flat.Now she lives with an innkeeper manAnd his wifeAnd I pay for the child.What's the matter with that?

WOMENAt the end of the dayShe'll be nothing but troubleAnd there's trouble for all


When there's trouble for one!While we're earning our daily breadShe's the one with her hands in the butterYou must send the slut awayOr we're all gonna end in the gutterAnd it's us who'll have to payAt the end of the day!

FOREMANI might have known the bitch could biteI might have known the cat had clawsI might have guessed your little secret.Ah yes, the virtuous FantineWho keeps herself so pure and cleanYou'd be the cause, I had no doubtOf any trouble hereaboutYou play a virgin in the lightBut need no urgin' in the night!

GIRLShe's been laughing at youWhile she's having her men.

WOMENShe'll be nothing but trouble again and again.

WOMANYou must sack her today.

ALL WORKERSSack the girl today


FOREMANRight my girl. On your way!

5. I DREAMED A DREAM

FANTINEThere was time when men were kind.When their voices were softAnd their words inviting.There was a time when love was blindAnd the world was a songAnd the song was exciting.There was a time.Then it all went wrong.I dreamed a dream in time gone byWhen hope was highAnd life worth livingI dreamed that love would never dieI dreamed that God would be forgiving.Then I was young and unafraidAnd dreams were made and usedAnd wastedThere was no ransom to be paidNo song unsungNo wine untasted.But the tigers come at nightWith their voices soft as thunderAs they tear your hope apartAs they turn your dream to shame.He slept a summer by my side


He filled my daysWith endless wonderHe took my childhood in his strideBut he was gone when autumn came.And still I dream he'll come to meThat we will live the years togetherBut there are dreams that cannot beAnd there are stormsWe cannot weather . . .I had a dream my life would beSo different from this hell I'm livingSo different now from what it seemedNow life has killedThe dream I dreamed.

6. LOVELY LADIES

SAILORSI smell womenSmell 'em in the air.Think I'll drop my anchorIn that harbor over there.Lovely ladiesSmell 'em through the smokeSeven days at seaCan make you hungry for a poke.Even stokers need a little stoke!

WHORELovely ladiesWaiting for a bite


Waiting for the customersWho only come at nightLovely ladiesReady for the callStanding up or lying downOr any way at all.Bargain prices up against the wall,

CRONEWhat pretty hair!What pretty locks you got there.What luck you got. It's worth a centime, my dearI'll take the lot.

FANTINEDon't touch me. Leave me alone.

CRONELet's make a price. I'll give you all of ten francs.Just think of that!

FANTINEIt pays a debt.

CRONEJust think of that!

FANTINEWhat can I do? It pays a debtTen francs may save my poor Cosette!


WHORESOld 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 grandAll it takes is money in your hand!Lovely ladiesGoing for a songGot a lot of callersBut they never stay for long.

FANTINECome on, Captain, you can wear your shoesDon't it make a changeTo have a girl who can't refuse?Easy moneyLying on a bed.Just is well they never see the hateThat's in your head!Don't they knowThey're making love to one already dead!

7. FANTINE'S ARREST

SAILORHere's something new, I think I'll give it a tryCome closer, you!I like to see what I buy...The usual priceFor just one slice of your pie


FANTINEI don't want youNo, no M'sieur let me go

SAILORIs this a trick? I won't pay more!

FANTINENo, no, not at all

SAILORYou've got some nerve, you little whoreYou've got some gall.It's the same with a tartAs it is with a grocer—The customer sees what he gets in advanceIt's not for the whore to say 'yes sir' or 'no sir'It's not for the harlot to pick or to chooseOr to lead in the dance

FANTINEI'll kill you, you bastardTry any of that!Even a whore who has gone to the birdWon't be had by a rat

JAVERTTell me quickly what's the story?Who saw what, and why, and where?Let him a give a full description


Let him answer to Javert!In this nest of whores and vipersLet one speak who saw it allWho laid hands on this good man here?What's the substance of this brawl?

SAILORJavert, would you believe it—I was crossing from the parkWhen this prostitute attacked meYou can see she left her mark

JAVERTShe will answer for her actionsWhen you make a full reportYou may rest assured, M'sieurThat she will answer to the court

FANTINEThere's a child who sorely needs mePlease, M'sieur, she's but 'that high'Holy God, is there no mercy?If I go to jail she'll die!

JAVERTI have heard such protestationsEvery day for twenty yearsLet's have no more explanationsSave your breath, and save your tears'Honest work. Just reward. That's the way to please the Lord.


VALJEANA moment of your time, JavertI do believe this woman's tale

JAVERTBut M'sieur Mayor!

VALJEANYou've done your duty, let her beShe needs a doctor, not a jail

JAVERTBut M'sieur Mayor

VALJEANWhere will she endThis child without a friend?I've seen your face beforeShow me some way to help youHow have you come to griefIn such a place as this?

FANTINEM'sieur, don't mock me now I prayIt's hard enough, I've lost my prideYou let your foreman send me awayYes you were thereAnd turned asideI never did no wrong!


VALJEANIs it true what I've done?

FANTINEMy daughter's close to dying...

VALJEANTo an innocent soul?

FANTINEIf there's a god above

VALJEANHad I only known then...

FANTINEHe'd let me die instead

VALJEANIn his name my task has just begun. I will see it done

JAVERTBut M'sieur Mayor

VALJEANI will see it done

8. THE RUNAWAY CART

JAVERTCan this be true?


I don't believe what I seeA man your ageTo be as strong as you areA mem'ry stirsYou make me think of a manFrom years agoA man who broke his paroleHe disappearedForgive me, sirI would not dare

VALJEANSay what you mustDon't leave it there

JAVERTI have only known one otherWho can do what you have doneHe's a convict from the chain gangHe's been ten years on the runBut he couldn't run foreverWe have found his hide-awayAnd he's just been rearrestedAnd he comes to court todayBut, of course, he now denies it—You'd expect that of a 'con'But he couldn't run foreverNo, not even Jean Valjean!

9. WHO AM I? — THE TRIAL


VALJEANHe thinks that man is meHe knew him at a glance!That stranger he has foundThis man could be my chance!Why should I save his hide?Why should I right this wrongWhen I have come so farAnd struggled for so long?If I speak, I am condemnedIf I stay silent, I am damned!I am the master of hundreds of workers.They all look to me.Can I abandon them?How would they liveIf I am not freeIf 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 see his agony?This innocent who bears my faceWho goes to judgment 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 dieBe 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 knowI made that bargain long agoHe gave me hope when hope was goneHe gave me strength to journey onWho am I? Who am I?I am Jean Valjean!And so, Javert, you see it's trueThat man bears no more guilt than you!Who am I?24601!

10. FANTINE'S DEATH

FANTINECosette, it's turned so coldCosette, it's past your bed time!You've played the day awayAnd soon it will be night.Come to me. Cosette, the light is fadingDon't you see the evening star appearing?Come to me and rest against my shoulderHow fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder.Hurry near, another day is dyingDon't you hear the winter wind is crying?There's a darkness which comes without a warningBut I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning.

VALJEANOh, Fantine, our time is running outBut, Fantine, I swear this on my life.


FANTINELook, M'sieur, where all the children play.

VALJEANBe at peace, be at peace evermore.

FANTINEMy Cosette ...

VALJEANShall live in my protection.

FANTINETake her now

VALJEANYour child will want for nothing.

FANTINEGood M'sieur, you come from God in heaven.

VALJEANAnd none will ever harm CosetteAs long as I am living.

FANTINETake my handThe night grows ever colder.

VALJEANThen I will keep you warm.


FANTINETake my childI give her to your keeping.

VALJEANTake shelter from the storm.

FANTINEFor God's sake, please stay till I am sleepingAnd tell Cosette I love herAnd I'll see her when I wake ...

11. THE CONFRONTATION

JAVERTValjean, at last.We see each other plain'M'sieur le Mayor'.You'll wear a different chain!

VALJEANBefore you say another word, JavertBefore you chain me up like a slave againListen 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 needThen I'll return. I pledge my word.Then I'll return . . .


JAVERTYou must think me mad!I've hunted you across the years.Men like you can never change.A man such as you.

VALJEANBelieve of me what you willThere is a duty that I'm sworn to doYou know nothing of my lifeAll I did was steal some breadYou know nothing of the worldYou would sooner see me deadBut not before I see this justice done.I am warning you, JavertI'm a stronger man by farThere is power in me yetMy race is not yet runI am warning you, JavertThere is nothing I won't dareIf I have to kill you here.I'll do what must be done

JAVERTMen like me can never change.Men like you can never change.No. 24601My duty's to the lawYou have no rightsCome with me. 24601Now the wheel has turned around


Jean Valjean is nothing nowDare you talk to me of crimeAnd the price you had to payEvery man is born in sinEvery man must choose his wayYou know nothing of JavertI was born inside a jailI was born with scum like youI am from the gutter too.

VALJEANAnd this I swear to you tonight

JAVERTThere is no place for you to hide.

VALJEANYour child will live within my care.

JAVERTWherever you may hide away.

VALJEANAnd I will raise her to the light.

VALJEAN & JAVERTI swear to you. I will be there!

12. CASTLE ON A CLOUD

YOUNG COSETTE


There is a castle on a cloudI like to go there in my sleepAren't any floors for me to sweepNot in my castle on a cloud.There is a room that's full of toysThere are a hundred boys and girlsNobody shouts or talks too loudNot in my castle on a cloud.There is a lady all in whiteHolds me and sings a lullabyShe's nice to seeAnd she's soft to touchShe says: 'Cosette I love you very much'.I know a place where no one's lostI know a place where no one criesCrying at all is not allowedNot in my castle on a cloud.

Oh help! I think I hear them now, and I'm nowhere near finished sweeping and scrubbing and polishing the floor. Oh, it's her! It's Madame!

MADAM THENARDIERNow look, who's here!The little madam herselfPretending once again she's being so awfully good!Better not let me catch you slackingBetter not catch my eyeTen rotten francs your mother sends meWhat is that going to buyNow take that pail


My little 'Mademoiselle'And go draw some water from the wellWe should never have taken you in in the first placeHow stupid the things we doLike mother, like daughter, the scum of the streetsStill there, Cosette?Your tears will do you no good!I told you fetch some water from the well in the wood...

COSETTEPlease do not send me out aloneNot in the darkness on my own.

MADAM THENARDIEREnough of that or I'll forget to be nice!You heard me ask for somethingAnd I never ask twice!

13. MASTER OF THE HOUSE

THENARDIERWelcome, M'sieurSit yourself downAnd meet the bestInnkeeper in town.As for the rest.All of them crooksRooking the guestAnd cooking the books.Seldom do you seeHonest men like me


A gent of good intentWho's content to beMaster of the houseDoling out the charmReady with a handshakeAnd an open palmTells a saucy taleMakes a little stirCustomers appreciate a bon-viveurGlad to do my friends a favorDoesn't cost me to be niceBut nothing gets you nothingEverything has got a little price!Master of the houseKeeper of the zooReady to relieve 'emOf a sou, or two.Watering the wineMaking up the weightPicking up their knickknacksWhen they can't see straightEverybody loves landlordEverybody's bosom friendI do whatever pleasesJesus, Won't I bleed 'em in the end!

THENARDIER & CHORUSMaster of the houseQuick to catch your eyeNever wants a passer-byTo pass him by


Servant to the poorButler to the greatComforter. philosopherAnd lifelong mate!Everybody's boon companionEverybody's chaperone

THENARDIERBut lock up your valisesJesus! Won't I skin you to the bone!Enter. M'sieurLay down yer loadUnlace yer bootsAnd rest from the roadThis weighs a tonTravel's a curseBut here we striveTo lighten your purse.Here the goose is cookedHere the fat is friedAnd nothing's overlookedTill I'm satisfiedFood beyond compareFood beyond beliefMix it in a mincerAnd pretend it's beefKidney of a horseLiver of a catFilling up the sausagesWith this and that!Residents are more than welcome


Bridal suite is occupied!Reasonable chargesPlus some little extras on the side!Charge 'em for the liceExtra for the miceTwo per cent for looking in the mirror twice.Here a little sliceThere a little cutThree per cent for sleeping with the window shut.When it comes to fixing pricesThere are lots of tricks he knowsHow it all increasesAll those bits and piecesJesus! It's amazing how it grows!

THENARDIER & CHORUSMaster of the houseQuick to catch your eyeNever wants a passer-by to pass him byServant to the poorButler to the greatComforter, philosopherAnd life-long mateEverybody's boon companionGives 'em everything he's got.

THENARDIERDirty bunch of geezersJesus! What a sorry little lot!

MADAME THENARDIER


I used to dreamThat I would meet a prince.But God Almighty.Have you seen what's happened since?'Master of the house'?Isn't worth me spit!'Comforter, philosopher'—and lifelong shit'Cunning little brainRegular VoltaireThinks he's quite a loverBut there's not much there.What a cruel trick of natureLanded me with such a louseGod knows how I've lastedLiving with this bastard in the house!

THENARDIER & CHORUSMaster of the house

MADAME THENARDIERMaster and a half.

THENARDIER & CHORUSComforter, philosopher.

MADAME THENARDIERDon't make me laugh

THENARDIER & CHORUS


Servant to the poorButler to the great

MADAME THENARDIERHypocrite and toadyAnd inebriate!

THENARDIER & CHORUSEverybody bless the landlord!Everybody bless his spouse!

THENARDIEREverybody raise a glass

MADAME THENARDIERRaise it up the master's ass.

ALLEverybody raise a glass ta the master of the house.

14. THE BARGAIN — WALTZ OF TREACHERY

VALJEANI found her wandering in the woodsThis little child, I found her trembling in the shadowsAnd I am here to help, CosetteAnd I will settle any debt you may think properI will pay what I must payTo take Cosette away.

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 Cosette!Dear Fantine, gone to restHave 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!

VALJEANYour feelings do you credit, sirAnd I will ease the parting blowLet us not talk of bargains or bones or greedNow, may I say, we are agreed?

MADAM THENARDIERThat would quite fit the billIf she hadn't so often been illLittle dear, cost us dearMedicines are expensive, M'sieur!Not that we begrudged a sou—It's no more than we Christians must do!

M. & M'ME THENARDIEROne thing more. One small doubtThere are treacherous people aboutNo offense. Please reflectYour intentions may not be correct?


VALJEANNo more words. Here's your price.Fifteen hundred for your sacrificeCome, Cosette, say goodbyeLet us seek out a friendlier skyThank you both for CosetteIt won't take you too long to forget.

15. LOOK DOWN

BEGGARSLook down and see the beggars at your feetLook down and show some mercy if you canLook down and seeThe sweepings of the streetLook down. Look downUpon your fellow man!

GAVROCHEHow do you do? My name's Gavroche.These are my people Here's my patch.Not much to look at, nothing poshNothing that you'd call up to scratch.This is my school, my high societyHere in the slums of Saint MicheleWe 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!


BEGGARSLook down and show some mercy if you can.Look down, look down upon your fellow man.

OLD BEGGAR WOMANWhat d' you think yer atHanging round me pitch?If you're new around here, girl,You've got a lot to learn!

YOUNG PROSTITUTEListen, you old batCrazy bloody witch'Least I give my customersSome pleasure in return!

OLD BEGGAR WOMAN I know what you give.Give 'em all the pox!Spread around your poisonTill they end up in a box

PIMPLeave the poor old cow.Move it, Madeleine.She used to be no betterTill the clap got to her brain

BEGGARSWhen's it gonna end?


When we gonna live?Something's gotta happen now orsomething's gonna giveIt'll come, It'll come. It'll comeIt'll come, It'll come. It'll come. It'll come.

ENJOLRASWhere are the leaders of the land?Where are the swells who run the show?

MARIUSOnly one man — and that's LamarqueSpeaks for these people here below.

BEGGARSSee our children fedHelp us in our shameSomething for a crust of breadIn Holy Jesus' name

URCHINIn the Lord's Holy name.

BEGGARSIn his nameIn his nameIn his name

MARIUSLamarque is ill and fading fastWon't last the week out so they say.


ENJOLRASWith all the anger in the landHow long before the judgment day!Before we cut the fat ones down to size?Before the barricades arise?

BEGGARSLook down and show some mercy if you canLook down, look downUpon your fellow man

16. STARS

JAVERTThere out in the darknessA fugitive runningFallen from graceFallen from graceGod be my witnessI never shall yieldTill we come face to faceTill we come face to face.He knows his way in the darkBut mine is the way of the LordAnd those who do follow the path of the righteousShall have their rewardAnd if they fallAs Lucifer fellThe flameThe sword!


Stars in your multitudesScarce to be countedFilling the darknessWith order and lightYou are the sentinelsSilent and sureKeeping watch in the nightKeeping watch in the nightYou know your place in the skyYou hold your courseAnd your aimAnd each in your seasonReturns and returnsAnd is always the sameAnd if you fallAs Lucifer fellYou fallIn flame!And so it has been and so it's writtenOn the doorway to paradiseThat those who falterAnd those who fallMust payThe price.Lord let me find himThat I may see himSafe behind barsI will never restTill thenThis I swearThis I swear by the stars!


17. ABC CAFE / RED AND BLACK

STUDENTSAt Notre DameThe sections are prepared!At Rue du BacThey're straining at the leash!Students, workers, everyone,There's a river on the run:Like the flowing of the tideParis coming to our side!

ENJOLRASThe time is nearSo near it's stirring the blood in their veinsAnd yet bewareDon't let the wine go to your brainsFor the army we fight is a dangerous foeWith the men and the arms that we never can matchit is easy to sit here and swat 'em like fliesBut the National Guard will be harder to catchWe need a signTo rally the peopleTo call them to armsTo bring them in line!Marius, you're late

JOLYWhat's wrong today?You look as if you've seen a ghost


GRANTAIRESome wine, and say what's going on.

MARIUSA ghost you say, a ghost maybeShe was just like a ghost to meOne minute there...then she was gone!

GRANTAIREI am agog!I am aghast!Is Marius in love at last?I have never seen him 'ooh' and 'aah'You talk of battles to be wonAnd here he comes like Don Ju-anIt's better than an o-per-a!

ENJOLRASIt is time for us allTo decide who we areDo we fight for the rightTo a night at the opera now?Have you asked of yourselvesWhat's the price you might pay?Is it simply a gameFor rich young boys to play,The color of the worldIs changing day by dayRed — the blood of angry men!Black — the dark of ages past!


Red — a world about to dawn!Black — the night that ends at last!

MARIUSHad you been there tonightYou might know how it feelsTo be struck to the boneIn a moment of breathless delight!Had you been there tonightYou might also have knownHow your world may be changedIn just one burst of lightAnd what was right seems wrongAnd what was wrong seems right!Red — I feel my soul on fire!Black — my world if she's not there!Red — the color of desire!Black — the color of despair!

ENJOLRASMarius, you're no longer a childI do not doubt you mean it wellBut now there is a higher callWho cares about your lonely soul?We strive towards a larger goalOur little lives don't count at all!

STUDENTSRed — the blood of angry men!Black — the dark of ages past!Red - a world about to dawn!


Black - the night that ends at last!

ENJOLRASWell, Courfeyrac, do we have all the guns we needFeuilly, Combeferre, our time is running shortGrantaire, put that bottle down!Do we have the guns we need?

GRANTAIREGive me brandy on my breathAnd I'll breathe them all to death

COURFEYRACAt St. Antoine they're with us to a man

COMBEFERREAt Notre Dame they're tearing up the stones

FEUILLYTwenty rifles good as new

JOLYTwenty rounds for every man.

GAVROCHEListenListen to meListen everybodyGeneral Lamarque is dead

ENJOLRAS


Lamarque is deadLamarqueHis death is the hour of fateThe people's manHis death is the sign we awaitOn his funeral day they will honor his nameIt's a rallying cry that will reach every ear.In the death of Lamarque we will kindle the a flameThey will see that the day of salvation is nearThe time is hereLet us welcome it gladly with courage and cheerLet us take to the streets with no doubt in our heartsBut a jubilant shoutThey will come one and all,They will come when we call!

18. DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?

ENJOLRASDo you hear the people sing?Singing the song of angry men?It is the music of a peopleWho will not be slaves again!When the beating of your heartEchoes the beating of the drumsThere is a life about to startWhen tomorrow comes!

COMBEFERREWill you join in our crusade?Who will be strong and stand with me?


Beyond the barricadeIs there a world you long to see?

COURFEYRACThen join in the fightThat will give you the right to be free...

CHORUSDo you hear the people sing?Singing the song of angry men?It is the music of a peopleWho will not be slaves again!When the beating of your heartEchoes the beating of the drumsThere is a life about to startWhen tomorrow comes!

FEUILLYWill you give all you can giveSo that our banner may advance?Some will fall and some will liveWill you stand up and take your chance?The blood of the martyrsWill water the meadows of France!

CHORUSDo you hear the people sing?Singing the song of angry men?It is the music of a peopleWho will not be slaves again!When the beating of your heart


Echoes the beating of the drumsThere is a life about to startWhen tomorrow comes!

19. RUE PLUMET —IN MY LIFE

COSETTEHow strange this feeling that my life's begun at lastThis change, can people really fall in love so fast?What's the matter with you, Cosette?Have you been too much on your own?So many things unclearSo many things unknown,In my lifeThere are so many questions and answersThat somehow seem wrongIn my lifeThere are times when I catch in the silenceThe sigh of a far away songAnd it singsOf a world that I long to seeOut of reachJust a whisper awayWaiting for me.Does he know I'm alive?Do I know if he's real?Does he see what I saw?Does he feel what I feel?In my lifeI'm no longer aloneNow the love in my life


Is so nearFind me now, find me here!

MARIUSIn my lifeShe has burst like the music of angelsThe light of the sun!And my life seems to stopAs if something is overAnd something has scarcely begunEponine, you're the friendWho has brought me hereThanks to you, I am one with the godsAnd Heaven is near!And I soar through a world that is new, that is free

EPONINEEvery word that he saysIs a dagger in me!In my life, there's been no one like him anywhere,Anywhere, where he isIf he asked...I'd be his!

MARIUS & EPONINEIn my life, there is someone who touches my life.

MARIUSWaiting near!

EPONINEWaiting near!


20. A HEART FULL OF LOVE MARIUSA heart full of loveA heart full of songI'm doing everything all wrongOh God, for shameI do not even know your nameDear Mad'moiselleWon't you say?Will you tell?

COSETTEA heart full of loveNo fear, no regret.

MARIUSMy name is Marius Pontmercy.

COSETTEAnd mine's Cosette.

MARIUSCosette. I don't know what to say.

COSETTEThen make no sound.

MARIUSI am lost.


COSETTEI am found!

MARIUSA heart full of light.

COSETTEA night bright as day.

MARIUSAnd you must never go awayCosette, Cosette!

COSETTEThis is a chain we'll never break.

MARIUSDo I dream?

COSETTEI'm awake.

MARIUSA heart full of love.

COSETTEA heart full of you.

MARIUSA single look and then I knew.


COSETTEI knew it too.

MARIUSFrom today.

COSETTEEvery day.

COSETTE & MARIUSFor it isn't a dreamNot a dreamAfter all

EPONINE (interjections)He was never mine to loseWhy regretWhat could not be?These are wordsHe'll never say Not to meNot to meNot for meHis heartFull of loveHe will neverFeel this way.

(DISC TWO)


1. ATTACK ON RUE PLUMET

THENARDIERThis is his lairI've seen the old fox aroundHe keeps himself to himselfHe's staving close to the groundI smell profit hereTen years agoHe came and paid for CosetteI let her go for a songIt's time we settled the debtThis'll cost him dear

BRUJONWhat do I careWho you should rob?Gimme my shareFinish the job!

THENARDIERYou shut your mouthGive me your hand.

BRUJONWhat have we here?

THENARDIERWho is this hussy?

BABET


It's your brat EponineDon't you know your own kidWhy's she hanging about you?

THENARDIEREponine, get on homeYou're not needed in thisWe're enough here without you

EPONINEI know this houseI tell you there's nothing here for youJust the old man and the girl,They live ordinary lives.

THENARDIERDon't interfereYou've got some gallTake care, young missYou've got a lot to say

BRUJONShe's going soft

CLAQUESOUSHappens to us all.

MONTPARNASSEGo home. 'PonineGo home, you're in the way.


EPONINEI'm gonna scream. I'm gonna warn them here.

THENARDIEROne little scream and you'll regret itFor a year.

CLAQUESOUSWhat a palaverWhat an absolute treatTo watch a cat and it's fatherPick a bone in the street.

BRUJONNot a sound out of you!

EPONINEWell. I told you I'd do itTold you I'd do it...

THENARDIERYou wait my girl, you'll rue this nightI'll make you scream. You'll scream alright.Leave her to me. Don't wait around.Make for the sewers. Go underground.

MARIUSIt was your cry sent them awayOnce more 'Ponine, saving the day!Dearest Cosette—my friend 'PonineBrought me to you


Showed me the way!Someone is nearLet's not be seenSomebody's here.

VALJEANMy dear CosetteI heard a cry in the darkI heard the shout of angry voices in the street

COSETTEThat was my cry you heard, PapaI was afraid of what they'd doThey ran away when they heard my cry

VALJEANCosette, my child, what will become of you?

COSETTEThree men I saw beyond the wallThree men in shadow moving fast!

VALJEANThis was a warning to us allThese were the shadows of the past!Must be Javert!He's found my cover at lastI've got to take Cosette awayBefore they returnWe must get away from shadowsThat will never let us be


Tomorrow to Calais,And then a ship across the sea!Hurry, Cosette, prepare to leave and say no moreTomorrow, we'll away!Hurry, Cosette, it's time to close another doorAnd live another day!

2. ONE DAY MORE!

VALJEANOne day more!Another day, another destiny.This never-ending road to CalvaryThese men who seem to know my crimeWill surely come a second time.One day more!

MARIUSI did not live until todayHow can I live when we are parted?

VALJEANOne day more.

MARIUS & COSETTETomorrow you'll be worlds awayAnd yet with you my world has started!

EPONINEOne more day all on my own.


MARIUS & COSETTEWill we ever meet again?

EPONINEOne more day with him not caring.

MARIUS & COSETTEI was born to be with you.

EPONINEWhat a life I might have known.

MARIUS & COSETTEAnd I swear I will be true.

EPONINEBut he never saw me there!

ENJOLRASOne more day before the storm.

MARIUSDo I follow where she goes?

ENJOLRASAt the barricades of freedom.

MARIUSShall I join my brothers there?

ENJOLRAS


When our ranks begin to form.

MARIUSDo I stay: and do I dare?

ENJOLRASWill you take your place with me?

CHORUSThe time is nowThe day is here

VALJEANOne day more!

JAVERTOne day more to revolutionWe will nip it in the budI will join these little schoolboysThey will wet themselves...with blood!


THENARDIERWatch 'em run amuckCatch 'em as they fallNever know your luckWhen there's a free-for-all.Here a little 'dip'There a little 'touch'


Most of them are gonersSo they won't miss much!

REBEL STUDENTSOne day to a new beginning.Raise the flag of freedom highEvery man will be a kingEvery man will be a kingThere's a new world for the winningThere's a new world to be won!Do you hear the people sing?

MARIUSMy place is hereI fight with you.


MARIUS & COSETTEI did not live until todayHow can I live when we are parted?

JAVERTI will join these people's heroesI will follow where they goI will learn their little secretsI will know the things they know.

EPONINEOne more day all on my own.



MARIUS & COSETTETomorrow you'll be worlds awayAnd yet with you my world has started.

JAVERTOne more day to revolutionWe will nip it in the budI will join these little schoolboys

THENARDIERWatch 'em run amuckCatch 'em as they fallNever know your luckWhen there's a free for ail.

VALJEANTomorrow we'll be far awayTomorrow is the judgment day.Tomorrow is the judgment.

JAVERTTomorrow is the judgment day

ALLTomorrow we'll discoverWhat our God in Heaven has in storeOne more dawn


One more dayOne day more!

ACT TWO

3. ON MY OWN

EPONINEAnd now I'm all alone againNowhere to turn, no one to go toWithout a home, without a friendWithout a face to say hello toAnd now the night is near, now I can makeBelieve he's here.Sometimes I walk alone at nightWhen everybody else is sleepingI think of him and then I'm happyWith the company I'm keepingThe city goes to bedAnd I can live inside my head.On my ownPretending he's beside me.All alone, I walk with him till morningWithout himI feel his arms around meAnd when I lose my way I close my eyesAnd he has found me.In the rain the pavement shines like silverAll the lights are misty in the riverIn the darkness the trees are full of starlightAnd all I see is him and me for ever and forever.


And I know it's only in my mindThat I'm talking to myself and not to himAnd although I know that he is blindStill I say there's a way for us.I love himBut when the night is overHe is gone, the river's just a riverWithout him the world around me changesThe trees are bare and everywhereThe streets are full of strangers.I love himBut everyday I'm learningAll my life I've only been pretendingWithout me his world will go on turningA 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.

4. BACK AT THE BARRICADE

CHORUSRed — the blood of angry men!Black — the dark of ages past!Red — a world about to dawn!Black — the night that ends at last!

STUDENTSNow we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade.

MARIUSLet them come in their legions


And they will be met!

ENJOLRASHave faith in yourselvesAnd don't be afraid.

GRANTAIRELet's give 'em a screwingThey'll never forget!

COMBEFERREThis is where it begins!

COURFEYRACAnd if I should die in the fight to be freeWhere the fighting is hardestThere will I be.

FEUILLYLet them come if they dareWe'll be there!

ARMY OFFICERYou at the barricade, listen to this!No one is coming to help you to fight!You're on your ownYou have no friendsGive up your guns—or die!

ENJOLRASDamn their warnings. Damn their lies!


They will see the people rise!

STUDENTSDamn their warnings. Damn their lies!They will see the people rise!

5. JAVERT'S ARRIVAL / LITTLE PEOPLE

JAVERTListen my friendsI have done as I saidI have been to their linesI have counted each manI will tell what I canBetter be warned.They have armies to spareAnd our danger is realWe will need enough cunningTo bring them to heal

ENJOLRASHave faithIf you know what their movements areWe'll spoil their gameThere are ways that a people can fightWe shall overcome their power

JAVERTI have overhead their plansThere will be no attack tonightThey intend to starve you out


Before they start a proper fightConcentrate their forceHit us from the right

GAVROCHELiar!Good evening dear InspectorLovely evening, my dearI know this man, my friendsHis name's Inspector Javert!So don't believe a word he says'Cause none of it's trueThis only goes to showWhat little people can do!And little people knowWhen little people fightWe may look easy pickingsBut we got some biteSo never kick a dogBecause he's just a pupWe'll fight like twenty armiesAnd we won't give up!So you'd better run for coverWhen the pup grows up!

STUDENTBravo, little Gavroche! You're the top of the classSo what are we gonna do with this snake in the grass

ENJOLRASTie this man and take him


To the tavern in thereThe people will decide your fateInspector Javert!

COURFEYRACTake this bastard now and shoot him!

FEUILLYLet us watch this devil dance.

LESGLESYou'd have done the same, InspectorIf we'd let you have your chance!

ENJOLRASTake this man. Bring him through.There is work we have to do.

6. A LITTLE FALL OF RAIN

EPONINEDon't you fret. M'sieur Marius,I don't feel any painA little fall of rainCan hardly hurt me nowYou're here. That's all I need to know.And you will keep me safeAnd you will keep me closeAnd rain will make the flowers grow.

MARIUS


But you will live 'Ponine — dear God aboveIf I could heal your wounds with words of love.

EPONINEJust hold me now, and let it be.Shelter me, comfort me.

MARIUSYou would live a hundred yearsIf I could show you howI won't desert you now...

EPONINEThe rain can't hurt me nowThis rain will wash away what's pastAnd you will keep me safeAnd you will keep me close.I'll sleep in your embrace at last.The rain that brings you hereIs heaven blessed.The skies begin to clearAnd I'm at rest.A breath away from where you areI've come home from so farSo don't you fret. M'sieur MariusI don't feel any painA little fall of rainCan hardly hurt me now.That's all I need to know.And you will keep me safeAnd you will keep me close


And rain will make the flowers

MARIUSHush-a-bye, dear EponineYou won't feel any painA little fall of rainCan hardly hurt you nowI'm here.I will stay with you till you are sleepingAnd rainWill make the flowersGrow.

7. NIGHT OF ANGUISH

ENJOLRASShe is the first to fall.The first of us to fall upon this barricade.

MARIUSHer name was Eponine.Her life was cold and dark yet she was unafraid.

COMBEFERREWe fight here in the name.

PROUVAIREShe will not die in vain.

LESGLESShe will not be betrayed.


8. FIRST ATTACK

JOLYHere comes a man in uniformWhat brings you to this place?

VALJEANI come here as a volunteer.

JOLYApproach and show your face.

SENTRYYou wear an army uniform.

VALJEANThat's why they let me through.

JOLYYou've got some years behind you, sir.

VALJEANBut much that I can do.

JOLYYou see that prisoner over there?

GRANTAIREA volunteer like you!


COMBEFERREA spy! who calls himself, Javert!

GRANTAIREHe's gonna get it, too!

SENTRYThey're getting ready to attack.

ENJOLRASTake this and use it well!But if you shoot us in the backYou'll never live to tell.

STUDENT 1Platoon of sappers advancing towards the barricade.

STUDENT 2Troops behind them! Fifty men or more!

ENJOLRASFire!

LESGLESSee how they run away!

GRANTAIREBy God, we've won the day!

ENJOLRASThey will be back again.


Make an attack again.For your presence of mind,For the deed you have done,I will thank you, M'sieurWhen our battle is won.

VALJEANGive me no thanks, M'sieurThere's something you can do.

ENJOLRASIf it is in my power.

VALJEANGive me the spy, Javert—Let me take care of him!

JAVERTThe law is inside out,The world is upside down.

ENJOLRASDo what you have to do,This man belongs to you.

The enemy may be regrouping. Hold yourselves in readiness. Come, my friends, back to your positions, the night is falling fast.

9. DRINK WITH ME


VALJEANWe meet again.

JAVERTYou've hungered for this all your lifeTake your revenge!How right you should kill with a knife!

VALJEANYou talk too muchYou're life is safe in my hands.

JAVERTDon't understand.

VALJEANGet out of here.

JAVERTValjean, take care!I'm warning you...

VALJEANClear out of here.

JAVERTOnce a thief, forever a thiefWhat you want you always steal!You would trade your life for mineYes, Valjean, you want a deal!Shoot me now, for all I care


If you let me go, bewareYou'll still answer too Javert!

VALJEANYou 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 forYou've done your duty, nothing more.If I come out of this alive, you'll find meAt number fifty-five, Rue PlumetNo doubt our paths will cross again.Go!

FEUILLYDrink with me to days goneSing with me the songs we knew.

PROUVAIREHere's to pretty girlsWho went to our heads.

JOLYHere's to witty girlsWho went to our beds.

ALL THREEHere's to themAnd here's to you!


GRANTAIREDrink with me to days goneCan it be you fear to die?Will the world remember youWhen you fall?Could it be your deathMeans nothing at all?Is your life just one more lie?

MENDrink with meTo days gone byTo the life that used to beLet the wine of friendshipNever run dry.Here's to youAnd here's to me.

WOMENDrink with meTo days gone byTo the life that used to be.At the shrine of friendshipNever say die. Here's to youAnd here'sTo me.

MARIUSDo I care if I should dieNow 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?

10. BRING HIM HOME

VALJEANGod on highHear my prayerIn my needYou have always been thereHe is youngHe's afraidLet him restHeaven blessed.Bring him homeBring him homeBring him home.He's like the son I might have knownIf God had granted me a son.The summers dieOne by oneHow soon they flyOn and onAnd I am oldAnd will be goneBring him peaceBring him joyHe is young


He is only a boyYou can takeYou can giveLet him beLet him liveIf I die, let me dieLet him live, bring him homeBring him homeBring him home.

11. SECOND ATTACK / THE FINAL BATTLE

ARMY OFFICERYou at the barricades, listen to thisThe people of Paris sleep in their beds.You'll have no chanceNo chance at all.Why throw your lives away?

ENJOLRASLet us die facing our foe—Make them bleed while we can

COMBEFERREMake 'em pay through the nose.

COURFEYRACMake 'em pay for every man.

ENJOLRASLet others rise


To take our placeUntil the earth is free!

12. THE SEWER

13. DOG EATS DOG

THENARDIERHere's a hint of goldStuck into a toothPardon me. M'sieurYou won't be needing this no more.Shouldn't be too hard to sellAdd it to the pileAdd it to the stockHere among the sewer ratsA breath away from HellY' get accustomed to the smell.Well someone's got to clean them up, my friendsBodies on the highwayLaw and order upside downSomeone's got to collect their odds and endsAs a service to the townHere's a tasty ringPretty little thing Wouldn't want to waste itThat would really be a crime.Thank you sir, I'm in your debtHere's a little toyTake it off the boyHis heart's no longer going


And he's lived his little timeBut his watch is ticking yet!Well someone's got to clean them up, my friendsBefore the little harvestDisappears into the mudSomeone's got to collect their odds and endsWhen the gutters run with bloodIt's a world where the dogs eat the dogsWhere they kill for the bones in the streetAnd God in His HeavenHe don't interfere'Cos he's dead as the stiffs at my feet.I raise my eyes to see the heavensAnd only the moon looks down.The harvest moon shines down.

14. JAVERT'S SUICIDE

VALJEANIt's you JavertI knew you wouldn't wait too longThe faithful servant at his post once moreThis man's done no wrongAnd he needs a doctor's care.

JAVERTI warned you I would not give IN,I won't be swayed.

VALJEANAnother hour yet and then I'm yours


And all our debts are paid.

JAVERTThe man of mercyComes againAnd talks of justice.

VALJEANCome, time is running shortLook down, Javert,He's standing in his graveGive way, Javert,There is a life to save.

JAVERTTake him, ValjeanBefore I change my mind.I will be waiting24601.

Who is this man?What sort of devil is heTo have me caught in a trapAnd choose to let me go free?It was his hour at lastTo put a seal on my fateWipe out the pastAnd wash me clean off the slate!All it would takeWas 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 thiefDamned if I'll yield at the end of the chaseI am the Law and the Law is not mockedI'll spit his pity right back in his faceThere is nothing on earth that we shareIt is either Valjean or Javert!How can I now allow this manTo hold dominion over me?This desperate man that I have huntedHe gave me my life. He gave me freedom.I should have perished by his handIt was his rightIt was my right to die as well.Instead, I live ... but live in hell.And my thoughts fly apartCan 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 tremblesThe world I have known is lost in shadowIs he from heaven or from hell?And does he knowThat, granting me my life todayThis man has killed me even so?I am reaching but I fallAnd the stars are black and coldAs I stare into the voidOf a world that cannot holdI'll escape now from the world


From the world of Jean ValjeanThere is nowhere I can turnThere is no way to go on...

15. TURNING

WOMENDid you see themGoing off to fightChildren of the barricadesWho didn't last the night?Did you see themLying where they died?Someone used to cradle themAnd kiss them when they criedDid you see them lying side by side?Who will wake them?No one ever willNo one ever told themThat a summer day can killThey were school boysNever held a gunFighting for a new worldThat would rise up like the sun.Where's that new world now the fighting's done?Nothing changes. Nothing ever will.Every year another brat, another mouth to fillSame old story. What's the use of tears?What's the use of prayingIf there's nobody who hears?Turning turning turning turning turning


Through the yearsTurning, turning, turning through the years.Minutes into hours, and the hours into years.Nothing changes. Nothing ever canRound about the roundabout, and back where you began.Round and round and back where you began!

16. EMPTY CHAIRS AT EMPTY TABLES

MARIUSThere's a grief that can't be spokenThere's a pain goes on and onEmpty chairs at empty tablesNow my friends are dead and goneHere they talked of revolutionHere it was they lit the flameHere they sang about 'tomorrow'And tomorrow never came.From the table in the cornerThey could see a world rebornAnd they rose with voices ringingI can hear them nowThe very words that they had sungBecame their last communionOn the lonely barricade at dawn!Oh my friends, my friends, forgive meThat I live and you are goneThere's a grief that can't be spokenThere's a pain goes on and onPhantom faces at the windowPhantom shadows on the floor


Empty chairs at empty tablesWhere my friends will meet no more,Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask meWhat your sacrifice was forEmpty chairs at empty tablesWhere my friends will sing no more.

17. EVERY DAY / A HEART FULL OF LIFE (reprise)

COSETTEEvery dayYou walk with stronger stepYou with longer step,'The worst is over'.

MARIUSEvery day,I wonder every dayWho was it brought me hereFrom the barricade?

COSETTEDon't think about it, Marius!With all the years ahead of us!I will never go awayAnd we will be together'Every day','Every day'.We'll remember that nightAnd the vow that we made.A heart full of love.


A night full of you.The words are oldBut always true.Oh, God for shameYou did not even know my name.

MARIUSDear Mad'moiselleI was lost in your spell.Cosette, Cosette.Waiting for youAt your feet.

COSETTEA heart full of loveNo fear nor regret'My name is Marius Pontmercy.'I saw you waiting and I knew.At your call.

VALJEANShe was never mine to keepShe is youthful, she is free.Love is the garden of the young.

MARIUS & COSETTEAnd it wasn't a dreamNot a dream, after all.

VALJEANA heart full of love,


This I give you this day.

18. WEDDING CHORALE / BEGGARS AT THE FEAST

FIRST CHORUSRing out the bellsUpon this day of daysMay all the angelsOf the Lord aboveIn jubilationSing their songs of praiseAnd crown thisBlessed time withPeace and love.

SECOND CHORUSRing out the bellsUpon this day of daysMay all the angelsOf the Lord aboveIn jubilationSing their songs of praiseAnd crown thisBlessed time withPeace and love.

BEGGARS AT THE FEAST

THENARDIERAin't it a laugh?Ain't it a treat?


Hob-nobbin' hereAmong the elite?Here comes a princeThere goes a JewThis one's a queerBut what can you do?Paris at my feetParis in the dustAnd here's me breaking breadWith the upper crust . .Beggar at the feast!Master of the dance!Life is easy pickinsIf you grab your chanceEverywhere you goLaw-abiding folkDoing what is decentBut they're mostly broke!Singing to the Lord on SundaysPraying for the gifts He'll send.

M. &.MME. THENARDIERBut we're the ones who take itWe're the ones who make it in the end!Watch the buggers danceWatch 'em till they dropKeep your wits about youAnd you stand on top!Masters of the landAlways get our shareClear away the barricades


And we're still there!We know where the wind is blowingMoney is the stuff we smell.And when we're rich as CroesusJesus! won't we see you all in Hell!

19. EPILOGUE (FINALE)

VALJEANAlone I wait in the shadowsI count the hours till I can sleepI dreamed a dream Cosette stood byIt made her weepTo know I dieAlone, at the end of the dayUpon this wedding night I prayTake these children, my Lord, to thy embraceAnd show them grace.God on high,Hear my prayerTake me nowTo thy careWhere you are.Let me be,Take me now,Take me thereBring me home,Bring me home

FANTINEMssr. I bless your name.


VALJEANI am ready, Fontaine.

FANTINEMssr. lay down your burden.

VALJEANAt the end of my days.

FANTINEYou raised my child with love

VALJEANShe’s the best of my life

FANTINEAnd you will be with God.

COSETTEPapa, Papa I do not understandAre you all right? They said you'd gone away.

VALJEANCosette, my child, am I forgiven now?Thank God, thank God, I’ve lived to see this day.

MARIUSIt’s you who must forgive a thoughtless fool.It’s you who must forgive a thankless man.It’s thanks to you that I am living


And again I lay down my life at your feet.Cosette, your father is a saint.When they wounded meHe took me from the barricadeCarried like a babe, and brought me home to you!

VALJEANNow you are here,Again beside me.Now I can die in peaceFor now my life is blessed...

COSETTEYou will live, Papa, you’re going to live.It’s too soon, too soon to say good-bye!

VALJEANYes, Cosette, forbid me not to die.I’ll obey,I will try.

On this pageI write my last confession.Read it wellWhen I, at last, am sleepingIt’s a storyOf those who always loved you.Your mother gave her life for youThen gave you to my keeping.

FANTINE


Come with meWhere chains will never bind youAll your grief,Your grief, at last, behind youLord in heaven,Look down on him in mercy.

VALJEANForgive me all my trespassesAnd take me to your glory.

FANTINE, EPONINETake my handAnd lead me to salvationTake my loveFor love is everlasting.

VALJEAN, FANTINE & EPONINEAnd rememberThe truth that once was spoken,To love another personIs to see the face of God.

CHORUSDo you hear the people singLost in the valley of the night?It is the music of the peopleWho are climbing to the lightFor the wretched of the earthThere is a flame that never diesEven the darkest night will end


And the sun will rise.They will live again in freedomIn the garden of the LordThey will walk behind their plowshareThey will put away the swordTheir chain will be broken andAll men will have their rewardWill you join in our crusade?Who will be strong and stand with me?Somewhere beyond the barricadeIs there a world you long to see?Do you hear the people sing?Say do you hear the distant drums?It is the future that they bringWhen tomorrow comes!Oh, tomorrow comes!

20. ENCORE 1 - SPEECHES / DO YOU HERE THE PEOPLE SING?

21. ENCORE 2 - ONE DAY MORE


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