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The Robbery

Thénardier
Everyone here, you know your place
Brujon, Babet, Claquesous
You, Montparnasse, watch for the law
With Eponine take care
You turn on the tears
No mistakes, my dears

Mme. Thénardier
These bloody students on our street
Here they come slumming once again
Our Eponine would kiss their feet
She never had a scrap of brain

Marius
Hey, Eponine, what's up today?
I haven't seen you much about.

Eponine
Here you can always catch me in.

Marius
Mind the police don't catch you out!

Eponine
Here, wotcher do with all them books?
I could have been a student too!
Don't judge a girl on how she looks.
I know a lot of things, I do!

Marius
Poor Eponine, the things you know
You wouldn't find in books like these.

Eponine
I like the way you grow your hair

Marius
I like the way you always tease

Eponine
Little he knows!
Little he sees!

Mme. Thénardier
Here's the old boy. Stay on the job and watch out for the law.

Eponine
(to Marius)
Stay out of this.

Marius
But Eponine...

Eponine
You'll be in trouble here
It's not your concern
You'll be in the clear

Marius
Who is that man?
Eponine
Leave me alone!
Marius
Why is he here? Hey, Eponine!
I didn't see you there, forgive me.

Thénardier
Please m'sieur, come this way
Here's a child that ain't eaten today.
Save a life, spare a sou
God rewards all the good that you do.
Wait a bit. Know that face.
Ain't the world a remarkable place?
Men like me don't forget
You're the bastard who borrowed Cosette!

Valjean
What is this? Are you mad?
No, Monsieur, you don't know what you do!

Thénardier
You know me, you know me.
I'm a con, just like you.

Eponine
It's the police! Disappear!
Run for it! It's Javert!

Javert
Another brawl in the square
Another stink in the air!
Was there a witness to this? (Marius steps forward)
Well, let him speak to Javert!
M'sieur, the streets are not safe,
But let these vermin beware
We'll see that justice is done!

Look upon this fine collection
Crawled from underneath a stone
This swarm of worms and maggots
Could have picked you to the bone!
I know this man over here
I know his name and his trade
And on your witness, M'sieur,
We'll see him suitably paid.

But where's the gentleman gone?
And why on earth did he run?

Marius runs off to find Cosette

Thénardier
You will have a job to catch him
He's the one you should arrest
No more bourgeois when you scratch him
Than that brand upon his chest!

Javert
Could it be he's some old jailbird
That the tide now washes in
Heard my name and started running
Had the brand upon his skin
And the girl who stood beside him
When I turned they both had gone
Could he be the man I've hunted?
Could it be he's Jean Valjean?

Thénardier
In the absence of a victim,
Dear Inspector, may I go?
And remember when you've nicked him,
It was me who told you so!

Javert
Let the old man keep on running
I will run him off his feet!

Everyone about your business!
Clear this garbage off the street!

He knows his way in the dark
Mine is the way of the Lord
And those who follow the path of the righteous
Shall have their reward
And if they fall
As Lucifer fell
The flame
The sword!

Stars
In your multitudes
Scarce to be counted
Filling the darkness
With order and light
You are the sentinels
Silent and sure
Keeping watch in the night
Keeping watch in the night

You know your place in the sky
You hold your course and your aim
And each in your season
Returns and returns
And is always the same
And if you fall as Lucifer fell
You fall in flame!

And so it has been and so it is written
On the doorway to paradise
That those who falter and those who fall
Must pay the price!

Lord let me find him
That I may see him
Safe behind bars
I will never rest
Till then
This I swear
This I swear by the stars!

Gavroche
That inspector thinks he's something
But it's me who runs this town!
And my theater never closes
And the curtain's never down
Trust Gavroche, have no fear
Don't you worry, auntie dear,
You can always find me here!

Eponine
Cosette! Now I remember!
Cosette! How can it be?
We were children together
Look what's become of me...

Good God! Ooh, what a rumpus!

Marius
That girl, who can she be?

Eponine
That cop! He'd like to jump us
But he ain't smart, not he.

Marius
Eponine, who was that girl?

Eponine
Some bourgeois two-a-penny thing!

Marius
Eponine, find her for me!

Eponine
What will you give me?

Marius:
Anything!

Eponine:
Got you all excited now,
But God knows what you see in her

Ain't you all delighted now
No, I don't want your money sir...

Marius
Eponine! Do this for me...
Discover where she lives
But careful how you go
Don't let your father know
'Ponine! I'm lost until she's found!

Eponine
You see, I told you so!
There's lots of things I know

'Ponine... she knows her way around!

The ABC Cafe- Red and Black

Combeferre
At Notre Dame the sections are prepared!
Feuilly
At rue de Bac they're straining at the leash!
Courfeyrac
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, and she was gone!

Grantaire
I am agog!
I am aghast!
Is Marius in love at last?
I've never heard 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 this simply a game
For rich young boys to play?
The colors of the world
Are 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 the world may be changed
In just one burst of light!
And what was right seems wrong
And what was wrong seems right!

Grantaire
Red...

Marius
I feel my soul on fire!

Grantaire
Black...

Marius
My world if she's not there!

All
Red...

Marius
The color of desire!

All
Black...

Marius
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 toward a larger goal
Our little lives don't count at all!

All
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?
Feuilly, Combeferre, our time is running short.
Grantaire, put the 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
In St. Antoine they're with us to a man!
Combeferre
In Notre Dame they're tearing up the stones!
Feuilly
Twenty rifles good as new!

Gavroche
Listen!

Joly
Twenty rounds for every man!

Gavroche
Listen to me!

Jean Prouvaire
Double that in Port St. Cloud!

Gavroche
Listen everybody!

Lesgles
Seven guns in St. Martin!

Gavroche
General Lamarque is dead!

Enjolras
Lamarque is dead
Lamarque...his death is the hour of fate
The people's man
His death is the hour we await!
On his funeral day they will honour his name
With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes!
From their candles of grief, we will kindle our flame
On the tomb of Lamarque shall our Barricade rise! The time is near!
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 a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

Combeferre
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is there a world you long to see?
Courfeyrac
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

All
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing a song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

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!

The Robbery

Stars

The ABC Cafe- Red and Black

Do You Hear the People Sing?

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