音乐剧《悲惨世界》歌词

作者 Fournoas 于 2021年8月2日发布在

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ACT 1

PROLOGUE (WORK SONG)

CHAIN GANG
Look down, look down
Don’t look ’em in the eye
Look down, look down
You’re here until you die.
The sun is strong
It’s hot as hell below
Look down, look down
There’s twenty years to go.
I’ve done no wrong
Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer
Look down, look down
Sweet Jesus doesn’t care
I know she’ll wait
I know that she’ll be true
Look down, look down
They’ve all forgotten you
When I get free
You won’t see me
Here for dust
Look down, look down
Don’t look ’em in the eye.
How long, 0 Lord,
Before you let me die?
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’m Javert
Do not forget my name
Do not forget me
24601.

ON PAROLE / THE BISHOP

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—every one
The day begins
And now let’s see
What this new world
Will do for me
EMPLOYER
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’ve 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 cast throughout the land.
It is the law
Like a cur
I walk the street
The dirt beneath their feet.
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
There is wine here to revive you
There is bread to make you strong
There’s a bed to rest till morning
Rest from pain, and rest from wrong
VALJEAN
He let me eat my fill
I have 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
And when the house was still
I got up in the night
Took the silver
Took my flight!
CONSTABLES
Tell 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 plight
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.
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’S SOLILOQUY

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 at the turning of the years?
If there’s another way to go
I missed it twenty long years ago.
My life was a war that could never be won
They gave me a number and murdered Valjean
When they chained Me and left me for dead
Just for stealing a mouthful of bread.
Yet why did I allow this man
To 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 back
Beneath 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 world
From the world of Jean Valjean
Jean Valjean is nothing now.
Another story must begin!

AT THE END OF THE DAY

THE POOR
At the end of the day you’re another day older
And that’s all you can I 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!
FOREMAN
At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing
Sitting flat on your butt doesn’t buy any bread.
WORKERS
There are children back at home
And the children have got to be fed
And you’re lucky to be in a job
And in a bed
And we’re counting our blessings!
WOMEN
Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today
With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?
It’s because little Fantine won’t give him his way
Take a look at his trousers, you see where he stands!
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
And 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 … "
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?
VALJEAN
What is this fighting all about?
Will someone tear these two apart
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
I look to you to sort this out
And be as patient as you can.
FOREMAN
Now someone say how this began!
GIRL
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
She’s been laughing at you
While she’s having her men.
WOMEN
She’ll be nothing but trouble again and again.
WOMAN
You must sack her today.
ALL WORKERS
Sack the girl today
FOREMAN
Right my girl. On your way!

I DREAMED A DREAM

FANTINE
There was time when men were kind.
When 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.
Then 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
As 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.

LOVELY LADIES

SAILORS
I smell women
Smell ’em in the air.
Think I’ll drop my anchor
In that harbor over there.
Lovely ladies
Smell ’em through the smoke
Seven days at sea
Can make you hungry for a poke.
Even stokers need a little stoke!
WHORE
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,
CRONE
What pretty hair!
What pretty locks you got there.
What luck you got. It’s worth a centime, my dear
I’ll take the lot.
FANTINE
Don’t touch me. Leave me alone.
CRONE
Let’s make a price. I’ll give you all of ten francs.
Just think of that!
FANTINE
It pays a debt.
CRONE
Just think of that!
FANTINE
What can I do? It pays a debt
Ten francs may save my poor Cosette!
WHORES
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 is well they never see the hate
That’s in your head!
Don’t they know
They’re making love to one already dead!

FANTINE’S ARREST

SAILOR
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 one slice of your pie
FANTINE
I don’t want you
No, no M’sieur let me go
SAILOR
Is this a trick? I won’t pay more!
FANTINE
No, no, not at all
SAILOR
You’ve got some nerve, you little whore
You’ve got some gall.
It’s the same with a tart
As it is with a grocer—
The customer sees what he gets in advance
It’s not for the whore to say ‘yes sir’ or ’no sir’
It’s not for the harlot to pick or to choose or to lead in the dance
FANTINE
I’ll kill you, you bastard
Try any of that!
Even a whore who has gone to the bird
Won’t be had by a rat
JAVERT
Tell 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 vipers
Let one speak who saw it all
Who laid hands on this good man here?
What’s the substance of this brawl?
SAILOR
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.
VALJEAN
A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman’s tale
JAVERT
But M’sieur Mayor!
VALJEAN
You’ve done your duty, let her be
She needs a doctor, not a jail
JAVERT
But M’sieur Mayor
VALJEAN
Where will she end
This child without a friend?
I’ve seen your face before
Show me some way to help you
How have you come to grief
In such a place as this?
FANTINE
M’sieur, don’t mock me now I pray
It’s hard enough, I’ve lost my pride
You let your foreman send me away
Yes you were there and turned aside
I never did no wrong!
VALJEAN
Is it true what I’ve done?
FANTINE
My daughter’s close to dying…
VALJEAN
To an innocent soul?
FANTINE
If there’s a god above
VALJEAN
Had I only known then…
FANTINE
He’d let me die instead
VALJEAN
In his name my task has just begun. I will see it done
JAVERT
But M’sieur Mayor
VALJEAN
I will see it done

THE RUNAWAY CART

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 hide-away
And he’s just been rearrested
And he comes to court today
But, of course, he now denies it—
You’d expect that of a ‘con’
But he couldn’t run forever
No, not even Jean Valjean!

WHO AM I? — THE TRIAL

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.
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 see his agony?
This innocent who bears my face
Who 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 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’S DEATH

FANTINE
Cosette, it’s turned so cold
Cosette, it’s past your bed time!
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.
Hurry near, another day is dying
Don’t you hear the winter wind is crying?
There’s a darkness which comes without a warning
But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning.
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 will 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 …

THE CONFRONTATION

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.
Men like you can never change.
A man such as you.
VALJEAN
Believe of me what you will
There is a duty that I’m sworn to do
You know nothing of my life
All I did was steal some bread
You know nothing of the world
You would sooner see me dead
But not before I see this justice done.
I am warning you, Javert
I’m a stronger man by far
There is power in me yet
My race is not yet run
I am warning you, Javert
There is nothing I won’t dare
If I have to kill you here.
I’ll do what must be done
JAVERT
Men like me can never change.
Men like you can never change.
No. 24601
My duty’s to the law
You have no rights
Come with me. 24601
Now the wheel has turned around
Jean Valjean is nothing now
Dare you talk to me of crime
And the price you had to pay
Every man is born in sin
Every man must choose his way
You know nothing of Javert
I was born inside a jail
I was born with scum like you
I am from the gutter too.
VALJEAN
And this I swear to you tonight
JAVERT
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 & JAVERT
I swear to you. I will be there!

CASTLE ON A CLOUD

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 room that’s full of toys
There are a hundred boys and girls
Nobody shouts or talks too loud
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.
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 THENARDIER
Now look, who’s here!
The little madam herself
Pretending once again she’s being 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 draw some water from the well
We should never have taken you in in the first place
How stupid the things we do
Like mother, like daughter, the scum of the streets
Still there, Cosette?
Your tears will do you no good!
I told you fetch some water from the well in the wood…
COSETTE
Please do not send me out alone
Not in the darkness on my own.
MADAM THENARDIER
Enough of that or I’ll forget to be nice!
You heard me ask for something and I never ask twice!

MASTER OF THE HOUSE

THENARDIER
Welcome, M’sieur
Sit yourself down
And meet the best
Innkeeper in town.
As for the rest.
All of them crooks
Rooking the guest
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 my friends 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
Picking up their knickknacks
When they can’t see straight
Everybody loves 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 your eye
Never wants a passer-by
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!
Enter. M’sieur
Lay down yer load
Unlace yer 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
Food beyond compare
Food beyond belief
Mix it in a mincer
And pretend it’s beef
Kidney of a horse
Liver of a cat
Filling up the sausages
With this and that!
Residents are more than welcome
Bridal suite is occupied!
Reasonable charges
Plus some little extras on the side!
Charge ’em for the lice
Extra for the mice
Two per cent for looking in the mirror twice.
Here a little slice
There a little cut
Three per cent for sleeping with the window shut.
When it comes to fixing prices
There are lots of tricks he knows
How it all increases
All those bits and pieces
Jesus! It’s amazing how it grows!
THENARDIER & CHORUS
Master of the house
Quick to catch your eye
Never wants a passer-by to pass him by
Servant to the poor
Butler to the great
Comforter, philosopher
And life-long mate
Everybody’s boon companion
Gives ’em everything he’s got.
THENARDIER
Dirty bunch of geezers
Jesus! What a sorry little lot!
MADAME 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 me 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
MADAME THENARDIER
Master and a half.
THENARDIER & CHORUS
Comforter, philosopher.
MADAME THENARDIER
Don’t make me laugh
THENARDIER & CHORUS
Servant to the poor
Butler to the great
MADAME THENARDIER
Hypocrite and toady
And inebriate!
THENARDIER & CHORUS
Everybody bless the landlord!
Everybody bless his spouse!
THENARDIER
Everybody raise a glass
MADAME THENARDIER
Raise it up the master’s ass.
ALL
Everybody raise a glass ta the master of the house.

THE BARGAIN — WALTZ OF TREACHERY

VALJEAN
I found her wandering in the woods
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.
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 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
Let us not talk of bargains or bones or greed
Now, may I say, we are agreed?
MADAM 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. & M’ME 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 a friendlier sky
Thank you both for Cosette
It won’t take you too long to forget.

LOOK DOWN

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
How 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.
OLD BEGGAR WOMAN
What d’ you think yer at
Hanging round me pitch?
If you’re new around here, girl,
You’ve got a lot to learn!
YOUNG PROSTITUTE
Listen, you old bat
Crazy bloody witch
‘Least I give my customers
Some pleasure in return!
OLD BEGGAR WOMAN
I know what you give.
Give ’em all the pox!
Spread around your poison
Till they end up in a box
PIMP
Leave the poor old cow.
Move it, Madeleine.
She used to be no better
Till the clap got to her brain
BEGGARS
When’s it gonna end?
When we gonna live?
Something’s gotta happen now or
something’s gonna give
It’ll come, It’ll come. It’ll come
It’ll come, It’ll come. It’ll come. It’ll come.
ENJOLRAS
Where are the leaders of the land?
Where are the swells who run the show?
MARIUS
Only one man — and that’s Lamarque
Speaks for these people here below.
BEGGARS
See our children fed
Help us in our shame
Something for a crust of bread
In Holy Jesus’ name
URCHIN
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 judgment day!
Before we cut the fat ones down to size?
Before the barricades arise?
BEGGARS
Look down and show some mercy if you can
Look down, look down
Upon your fellow man

ABC CAFE / RED AND BLACK

STUDENTS
At Notre Dame
The sections are prepared!
At Rue du Bac
They’re straining at the leash!
Students, workers, everyone,
There’s a river on the run:
Like the flowing of the tide
Paris coming to our side!
ENJOLRAS
The time is near
So near it’s stirring the blood in their veins
And yet beware
Don’t let the wine go to your brains
For the army we fight is a dangerous foe
With the men and the arms that we never can match
it is easy to sit here and swat ’em like flies
But the National Guard will be harder to catch
We need a sign
To rally the people
To call them to arms
To bring them in line!
Marius, you’re late
JOLY
What’s wrong today?
You look as if you’ve seen a ghost
GRANTAIRE
Some wine, and say what’s going on.
MARIUS
A ghost you say, a ghost maybe
She was just like a ghost to me
One minute there…then she was gone!
GRANTAIRE
I 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 won
And here he comes like Don Ju-an
It’s better than an o-per-a!
ENJOLRAS
It is time for us all
To decide who we are
Do we fight for the right
To a night at the opera now?
Have you asked of yourselves
What’s the price you might pay?
Is it simply a game
For rich young boys to play,
The color of the world
Is changing day by day
Red — the blood of angry men!
Black — the dark of ages past!
Red — a world about to dawn!
Black — the night that ends at last!
MARIUS
Had you been there tonight
You might know how it feels
To be struck to the bone
In a moment of breathless delight!
Had you been there tonight
You might also have known
How your world may be changed
In just one burst of light
And what was right seems wrong
And 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!
ENJOLRAS
Marius, you’re no longer a child
I do not doubt you mean it well
But now there is a higher call
Who cares about your lonely soul?
We strive towards a larger goal
Our little lives don’t count at all!
STUDENTS
Red — the blood of angry men!
Black — the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
ENJOLRAS
Well, Courfeyrac, do we have all the guns we need
Feuilly, Combeferre, our time is running short
Grantaire, put that bottle down!
Do we have the guns we need?
GRANTAIRE
Give me brandy on my breath
And I’ll breathe them all to death
COURFEYRAC
At St. Antoine they’re with us to a man
COMBEFERRE
At Notre Dame they’re tearing up the stones
FEUILLY
Twenty rifles good as new
JOLY
Twenty rounds for every man.
GAVROCHE
Listen
Listen to me
Listen everybody
General Lamarque is dead
ENJOLRAS
Lamarque is dead
Lamarque
His death is the hour of fate
The people’s man
His death is the sign we await
On his funeral day they will honor his name
It’s a rallying cry that will reach every ear.
In the death of Lamarque we will kindle the a flame
They will see that the day of salvation is near
The time is here
Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer
Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our hearts
But a jubilant shout
They will come one and all,
They will come when we call!

DO YOU HEAR THE PEOPLE SING?

ENJOLRAS
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the 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?
COURFEYRAC
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free…
CHORUS
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the 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!
FEUILLY
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance?
Some will fall and some will live
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!
CHORUS
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the 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!

RUE PLUMET —IN MY LIFE

COSETTE
How strange this feeling that my life’s begun at last
This 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 unclear
So many things unknown,
In my life
There are so many questions and answers
That somehow seem wrong
In my life
There are times when I catch in the silence
The sigh of a far away song
And it sings
Of a world that I long to see
Out of reach
Just a whisper away
Waiting 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 life
I’m no longer alone
Now the love in my life
Is so near
Find me now, find me here!
MARIUS
In my life
She has burst like the music of angels
The light of the sun!
And my life seems to stop
As if something is over
And something has scarcely begun
Eponine, you’re the friend
Who has brought me here
Thanks to you, I am one with the gods
And Heaven is near!
And I soar through a world that is new, that is free
EPONINE
Every word that he says
Is a dagger in me!
In my life, there’s been no one like him anywhere,
Anywhere, where he is
If he asked…I’d be his!
MARIUS & EPONINE
In my life, there is someone who touches my life.
MARIUS
Waiting near!
EPONINE
Waiting near!

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.
MARIUS
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 (interjections)
He was never mine to lose
Why regret
What could not be?
These are words
He’ll never say
Not to me
Not to me
Not for me
His heart
Full of love
He will never
Feel this way.

ATTACK ON RUE PLUMET

THENARDIER
This is his lair
I’ve seen the old fox around
He keeps himself to himself
He’s staving close to the ground
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?
Gimme my share
Finish the job!
THENARDIER
You shut your mouth
Give me your hand.
BRUJON
What have we here?
THENARDIER
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 us 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.
CLAQUESOUS
What a palaver
What an absolute treat
To watch a cat and it’s father
Pick a bone in the street.
BRUJON
Not a sound out of you!
EPONINE
Well. I told you I’d do it
Told you I’d do it…
THENARDIER
You wait my girl, you’ll rue this night
I’ll make you scream. You’ll scream alright.
Leave her to me. Don’t wait around.
Make for the sewers. Go underground.
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.
VALJEAN
My dear 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 was a warning to us all
These were the shadows of the past!
Must be Javert!
He’s found my cover at last
I’ve got to take Cosette away
Before they return
We must get away from shadows
That 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!

ONE DAY MORE!

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 all on my own.
MARIUS & COSETTE
Will we ever meet again?
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?
CHORUS
The time is now
The day is here
VALJEAN
One day more!
JAVERT
One day more 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.
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!
REBEL STUDENTS
One day to a new beginning.
Raise the flag of freedom high
Every man will be a king
Every man will be a king
There’s a new world for the winning
There’s a new world to be won!
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
How can I live when we are parted?
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.
EPONINE
One more day all on my own.
VALJEAN
One day more.
MARIUS & COSETTE
Tomorrow you’ll be worlds away
And yet with you my world has started.
JAVERT
One more day to revolution
We will nip it in the bud
I will join these little schoolboys
THENARDIER
Watch ’em run amuck
Catch ’em as they fall
Never know your luck
When there’s a free for ail.
VALJEAN
Tomorrow we’ll be far away
Tomorrow is the judgment day.
Tomorrow is the judgment.
JAVERT
Tomorrow is the judgment day
ALL
Tomorrow we’ll discover
What our God in Heaven has in store
One more dawn
One more day
One day more!

ACT 2

ON MY OWN

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 everyday 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.

BACK AT THE BARRICADE

CHORUS
Red — the blood of angry men!
Black — the dark of ages past!
Red — a world about to dawn!
Black — the night that ends at last!
STUDENTS
Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade.
MARIUS
Let them come in their legions
And they will be met!
ENJOLRAS
Have faith in yourselves
And don’t be afraid.
GRANTAIRE
Let’s give ’em a screwing
They’ll never forget!
COMBEFERRE
This is where it begins!
COURFEYRAC
And if I should die in the fight to be free
Where the fighting is hardest
There will I be.
FEUILLY
Let them come if they dare
We’ll be there!
ARMY OFFICER
You at the barricade, listen to this!
No one is coming to help you to 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!
STUDENTS
Damn their warnings. Damn their lies!
They will see the people rise!

JAVERT’S ARRIVAL / LITTLE PEOPLE

JAVERT
Listen my friends
I have done as I said
I have been to their lines
I have counted each man
I will tell what I can
Better be warned.
They have armies to spare
And our danger is real
We will need enough cunning
To bring them to heal
ENJOLRAS
Have faith
If you know what their movements are
We’ll spoil their game
There are ways that a people can fight
We shall overcome their power
JAVERT
I have overhead their plans
There will be no attack tonight
They intend to starve you 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’s 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 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!
STUDENT
Bravo, little Gavroche! You’re the top of the class
So what are we gonna do with this snake in the grass
ENJOLRAS
Tie this man and take him
To the tavern in there
The people will decide your fate
Inspector Javert!
COURFEYRAC
Take this bastard now and shoot him!
FEUILLY
Let us watch this devil dance.
LESGLES
You’d have done the same, Inspector
If we’d let you have your chance!
ENJOLRAS
Take this man. Bring him through.
There is work we have to do.

A LITTLE FALL OF RAIN

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.
MARIUS
You would live a hundred years
If I could show you how
I won’t desert you now…
EPONINE
The rain can’t hurt me now
This rain will wash away what’s past
And you will keep me safe
And you will keep me close.
I’ll sleep in your embrace at last.
The rain that brings you here
Is heaven blessed.
The skies begin to clear
And I’m at rest.
A breath away from where you are
I’ve come home from so far
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
And rain will make the flowers
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.

NIGHT OF ANGUISH

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 the name.
PROUVAIRE
She will not die in vain.
LESGLES
She will not be betrayed.

FIRST ATTACK

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.
SENTRY
You wear an army uniform.
VALJEAN
That’s why they let me through.
JOLY
You’ve got some years behind you, sir.
VALJEAN
But much that I can do.
JOLY
You see that prisoner over there?
GRANTAIRE
A volunteer like you!
COMBEFERRE
A spy! who calls himself, Javert!
GRANTAIRE
He’s gonna get it, too!
SENTRY
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.
STUDENT 1
Platoon of sappers advancing towards the barricade.
STUDENT 2
Troops behind them! Fifty men or more!
ENJOLRAS
Fire!
LESGLES
See how they run away!
GRANTAIRE
By God, we’ve won the day!
ENJOLRAS
They will be back again.
Make an attack again.
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’s 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,
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.

DRINK WITH ME

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
You talk too much
You’re 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!
You would trade your life for mine
Yes, Valjean, you want a deal!
Shoot me now, for all I care
If you let me go, beware
You’ll still answer too Javert!
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.
Go!
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 our beds.
ALL THREE
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?
MEN
Drink with me to days gone by
To the life that used to be
Let the wine of friendship never run dry.
Here’s to you
And here’s to me.
WOMEN
Drink with me to days gone by
To the life that used to be.
At the shrine of friendship never say die.
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?

BRING HIM HOME

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.

SECOND ATTACK / THE FINAL BATTLE

ARMY OFFICER
You at the barricades, listen to this
The people of Paris sleep in their beds.
You’ll have no chance
No chance at all.
Why throw your lives away?
ENJOLRAS
Let us die facing our foe—
Make them bleed while we can
COMBEFERRE
Make ’em pay through the nose.
COURFEYRAC
Make ’em pay for every man.
ENJOLRAS
Let others rise
To take our place
Until the earth is free!

THE SEWERS - DOG EATS DOG

THENARDIER
Here’s a hint of gold
Stuck into a tooth
Pardon me. M’sieur
You won’t be needing this no more.
Shouldn’t be too hard to sell
Add it to the pile
Add it to the stock
Here among the sewer rats
A breath away from Hell
Y’ get accustomed to the smell.
Well someone’s got to clean them up, my friends
Bodies on the highway
Law and order upside down
Someone’s got to collect their odds and ends
As a service to the town
Here’s a tasty ring
Pretty little thing
Wouldn’t want to waste it
That would really be a crime.
Thank you sir, I’m in your debt
Here’s a little toy
Take it off the boy
His heart’s no longer going
And he’s lived his little time
But his watch is ticking yet!
Well someone’s got to clean them up, my friends
Before the little harvest
Disappears into the mud
Someone’s got to collect their odds and ends
When the gutters run with blood
It’s a world where the dogs eat the dogs
Where they kill for the bones in the street
And God in His Heaven
He don’t interfere
‘Cos he’s dead as the stiffs at my feet.
I raise my eyes to see the heavens
And only the moon looks down.
The harvest moon shines down.

JAVERT’S SUICIDE

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.
VALJEAN
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 that 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…

TURNING

WOMEN
Did you see them
Going off to fight
Children of the barricades
Who didn’t last the night?
Did you see them
Lying where they died?
Someone used to cradle them
And kiss them when they cried
Did you see them lying side by side?
Who will wake them?
No one ever will
No one ever told them
That a summer day can kill
They were school boys
Never held a gun
Fighting for a new world
That 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 fill
Same old story. What’s the use of tears?
What’s the use of praying
If there’s nobody who hears?
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!

EMPTY CHAIRS AT EMPTY TABLES

MARIUS
There’s a grief that can’t be spoken
There’s a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about ’tomorrow’
And tomorrow never came.
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
I can hear them now
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lonely barricade at dawn!
Oh my friends, my friends, forgive me
That I live and you are gone
There’s a grief that can’t be spoken
There’s a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the window
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more,
Oh my friends, my friends, don’t ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more.

EVERY DAY / A HEART FULL OF LIFE (reprise)

COSETTE
Every day
You walk with stronger step
You with longer step,
‘The worst is over’.
MARIUS
Every day,
I wonder every day
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
‘Every day’,
‘Every day’.
We’ll remember that night
And the vow that we made.
A heart full of love.
A night full of you.
The words are old
But always true.
Oh, God for shame
You did not even know my name.
MARIUS
Dear Mad’moiselle
I was lost in your spell.
Cosette, Cosette.
Waiting for you
At your feet.
COSETTE
A heart full of love
No fear nor regret
‘My name is Marius Pontmercy.’
I saw you waiting and I knew.
At your call.
VALJEAN
She was never mine to keep
She is youthful, she is free.
Love is the garden of the young.
MARIUS & COSETTE
And it wasn’t a dream
Not a dream, after all.
VALJEAN
A heart full of love,
This I give you this day.

WEDDING CHORALE / BEGGARS AT THE FEAST

FIRST CHORUS
Ring out the bells
Upon this day of days
May all the angels
Of the Lord above
In jubilation
Sing their songs of praise
And crown this
Blessed time with
Peace and love.
SECOND CHORUS
Ring out the bells
Upon this day of days
May all the angels
Of the Lord above
In jubilation
Sing their songs of praise
And crown this
Blessed time with
Peace and love.
BEGGARS AT THE FEAST
THENARDIER
Ain’t it a laugh?
Ain’t it a treat?
Hob-nobbin’ here
Among the elite?
Here comes a prince
There goes a Jew
This one’s a queer
But what can you do?
Paris at my feet
Paris in the dust
And here’s me breaking bread
With the upper crust . .
Beggar at the feast!
Master of the dance!
Life is easy pickins
If you grab your chance
Everywhere you go
Law-abiding folk
Doing what is decent
But they’re mostly broke!
Singing to the Lord on Sundays
Praying for the gifts He’ll send.
M. &.MME. THENARDIER
But we’re the ones who take it
We’re the ones who make it in the end!
Watch the buggers dance
Watch ’em till they drop
Keep your wits about you
And you stand on top!
Masters of the land
Always get our share
Clear away the barricades
And we’re still there!
We know where the wind is blowing
Money is the stuff we smell.
And when we’re rich as Croesus
Jesus! won’t we see you all in Hell!

EPILOGUE (FINALE)

VALJEAN
Alone I wait in the shadows
I count the hours till I can sleep
I dreamed a dream Cosette stood by
It made her weep
To know I die
Alone, at the end of the day
Upon this wedding night I pray
Take these children, my Lord, to thy embrace
And show them grace.
God on high,
Hear my prayer
Take me now
To thy care
Where you are.
Let me be,
Take me now,
Take me there
Bring me home,
Bring me home
FANTINE
Mssr. I bless your name.
VALJEAN
I am ready, Fontaine.
FANTINE
Mssr. lay down your burden.
VALJEAN
At the end of my days.
FANTINE
You raised my child with love
VALJEAN
She’s the best of my life
FANTINE
And you will be with God.
COSETTE
Papa, Papa I do not understand
Are you all right? They said you’d gone away.
VALJEAN
Cosette, my child, am I forgiven now?
Thank God, thank God, I’ve lived to see this day.
MARIUS
It’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 me
He took me from the barricade
Carried like a babe, and brought me home to you!
VALJEAN
Now you are here,
Again beside me.
Now I can die in peace
For now my life is blessed…
COSETTE
You will live, Papa, you’re going to live.
It’s too soon, too soon to say good-bye!
VALJEAN
Yes, Cosette, forbid me not to die.
I’ll obey,
I will try.
On this page
I write my last confession.
Read it well
When I, at last, am sleeping
It’s a story
Of those who always loved you.
Your mother gave her life for you
Then gave you to my keeping.
FANTINE
Come with me
Where chains will never bind you
All your grief,
Your grief, at last, behind you
Lord in heaven,
Look down on him in mercy.
VALJEAN
Forgive me all my trespasses
And take me to your glory.
FANTINE, EPONINE
Take my hand
And lead me to salvation
Take my love
For love is everlasting.
VALJEAN, FANTINE & EPONINE
And remember
The truth that once was spoken,
To love another person
Is to see the face of God.
CHORUS
Do you hear the people sing
Lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of the people
Who are climbing to the light
For the wretched of the earth
There is a flame that never dies
Even the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise.
They will live again in freedom
In the garden of the Lord
They will walk behind their plowshare
They will put away the sword
Their chain will be broken and
All men will have their reward
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Somewhere beyond the barricade
Is 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 bring
When tomorrow comes!
Oh, tomorrow comes!

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

ENCORE 2 - ONE DAY MORE

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