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Dawn of Anguish | Second Attack | Death of Gavroche | The Final Battle | Dog Eats Dogs | The Sewers | Javert's Suicide | | Empty Chairs at Empty Tables | Everyday | Valjean's Confession | The Wedding | Beggars at the Feast | Epilogue | Finale
Enjolras
Feuilly
Enjolras
How do we stand, Feuilly? Make your report.
Enjolras
Marius
Valjean
Gavroche
You need somebody quicker and I volunteer!
Lesgles
Joly
Gavroche
Gavroche
Army Officer
Enjolras
Combeferre
Courfeyrac
Enjolras
Thénardier
Well someone's got to clean 'em up, my friends
Here's a tasty ring
Well, someone's got to clean them up, my friends
It's a world where the dogs eat the dogs
Valjean
Javert
Valjean
Javert
Valjean
Javert
Javert
Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief!
How can I now allow this man
And my thoughts fly apart
And must I now begin to doubt,
I am reaching, but I fall
Woman 1
Did you see them
Woman 2
Children of the barricade
Woman 3
Did you see them
Woman 4
Did you see them lying side by side?
Woman 5
Who will wake them?
Woman 6
No one ever will.
Woman 2
No one ever told them
Woman 7
They were schoolboys
Fighting for a new world
Woman 3
Where's that new world now the fighting's done?
Woman 4
Nothing changes.
Woman 7
Nothing ever will.
Woman 8
Every year another brat, another mouth to fill.
Woman 7
Same old story. What's the use of tears?
Woman 5
What's the use of praying if there's nobody who hears?
All Women
Turning, turning, turning through the years
Marius
Here they talked of revolution.
From the table in the corner
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
Phantom faces at the window.
Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
Cosette
Marius
Cosette
A heart full of love
Cosette
Valjean (interjecting, to himself)
Marius
Valjean
I never told Cosette
There lived a man whose hame was Jean Valjean
Marius
Valjean
Chorus
Major Domo
The Baron and Baroness de Thénard
wish to pay their respects to the groom!
Thénardier
Marius
Mme. Thénardier
Marius
Thénardier
Mme. Thénardier
Thénardier
Mme. Thénardier
Marius
Thénardier
Marius
Thénardier
Marius As for you, take this too!Dawn of Anguish
The people have not stirred
We are abandoned by those who still live in fear.
The people have not heard.
Yet we will not abandon those who cannot hear.
Let us not waste lives
Let all the women and fathers of children
Go from here.
Drink with me to days gone by
Sing with me the songs we knew
All
At the shrine of friendship
Raise your glass high
Let the wine of friendship
Never run dry
If I die, I die with you!Second Attack
Feuilly
We've guns enough, but ammunition's short
Marius
Let me go into the streets
There are bodies all around
Ammunition to be had
Lots of bullets to be found!
I won't let you go, it's too much of a chance!
The same is true for any man here!
Let me go. He's no more than a boy.
I am old, I have nothing to fear.
Come back Gavroche, don't you dare!
Someone pull him down at once!
Look at me, I'm almost there!Death of Gavroche
Little people know, when
Little people fight, we
May look easy pickings
But we've got some bite!
So never kick a dog
Because he's just a pup
We'll fight like twenty armies
And we won't give up
So you'd better run for cover
When the pup grows....The Final Battle
(with loud hailer)
You at the barricade listen to this
The people of Paris sleep in their beds
You have no chance
No chance at all
Why throw your lives away?
Let us die facing our foes
Make them bleed while we can
Make 'em pay through the nose
Make 'em pay for every man!
Let others rise
To take our place
Until the earth is free!Dog Eats Dog
Here's a hint of gold
Stuck into a tooth
Pardon me M'sieur
You won't be needing it 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
You get accustomed to the smell.
Bodies on the highway
Law and order upside down
Someone's got to collect their odds and ends
As a service to the town!
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 another 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!
Before the little harvest
Disappears into the mud
Someone's got to collect their odds and ends
When the gutters run with blood.
Where they kill for bones in the street
And God in His Heaven
He don't interfere
'Cause 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!The Sewers
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.
I warned you I would not give in
I won't be swayed
Another hour yet
And then I'm yours
And all our debts are paid.
The man of mercy comes again
And talks of justice
Come, time is running short
Look down, Javert
He's standing in his grave
Give way, Javert
There is a life to save.
(overlapping)
Take him Valjean,
Before I change my mind
I will be waiting
24601.Javert's Suicide
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 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!
To hold dominion over me?
This desperate man whom I have hunted
He gave me my life. He gave me freedom.
I should have perished by his hand
It was his right.
It was my right to die as well
Instead I live... but live in hell.
Can this man be believed?
Shall his sins be forgiven?
Shall his crimes be reprieved?
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?
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
Going off to fight?
Who didn't last the night?
Lying where they died?
Someone used to cradle them
And kiss them when they cried.
That a summer day can kill.
Never held a gun...
That would rise up like the sun.
Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning
Through the years.
Minutes into hours and the hours into years.
Nothing changes. Nothing ever can.
Round and round the roundabout and back where you began.
Round and round and back where you began!Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
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 it was they lit the flame.
Here they sang about `tomorrow'
And tomorrow never came.
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.
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 shadows on the floor.
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more.
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more.Everyday
Every day
You walk with stronger step
You walk with longer step-
`The worst is over.'
Every day
I wonder every day
Who was it brought me here
From the barricade?
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 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.
A heart full of love
No fear no regret
`My name is Marius Pontmercy'
Marius Cosette, Cosette!
Cosette I saw you waiting and I knew.
Marius Waiting for you
At your feet
Cosette At your call
Both
And it wasn't a dream
Not a dream after all
She was never mine to keep.
She is youthful, she is free.
Love is the garden of the young
Let it be... let it be...
A heart full of love
This I give you on this day.Valjean's Confession
M'sieur, this is a day
I can never forget.
Is gratitude enough
For giving me Cosette?
Your home shall be with us
And not a day shall pass
But we will prove our love
To you, whom we shall call
A father to us both
A father to us all.
Not another word my son,
There's something now that must be done.
You've spoken from the heart
And I must do the same
There is a story, sir,
Of slavery and shame
That you alone must know.
She had enough of tears
She's never known the truth-
The story you must hear
Of years ago.
He stole some bread to save his sister's son.
For nineteen winters served his time
In sweat he washed away his crime.
Years ago
He broke parole and lived a life apart
How could he tell Cosette and break her heart?
It's for Cosette this must be faced
If he is caught she is disgraced
The time has come to journey on
And from this day he must be gone
Who am I?
Who am I?
You're Jean Valjean!
What can I do
That will turn you from this?
Monsieur, you cannot leave.
Whatever I tell my beloved Cosette
She will never believe!
Make her believe
I have gone on a journey
A long way away.
Tell her my heart was too full for farewells
It is better this way.
Promise me, M'sieur, Cosette will never know...
Marius
I give my word.
Valjean
...what I have spoken, why I must go.
Marius
For the sake of Cosette, it must be so.The Wedding
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.
I forget where we met
Was it not at the Chateau Lafarge
Where the Duke did that puke
Down the Duchess's de-coll-etage?
No, `Baron de Thénard'
The circles I move in are humbler by far.
Go away, Thénardier!
Do you think I don't know who you are?
He's not fooled. Told you so.
Show M'sieur what you've come here to show.
Tell the boy what you know!
When I look at you, I remember Eponine.
She was more than you deserved, who gave her birth
But now she is with God and happier, I hope,
Than here on earth!
So it goes, heaven knows
Life has dealt me some terrible blows.
You've got cash and a heart
You could give us a bit of a start!
We can prove, plain as ink
Your bride's father is not what you think.
There's a tale I could tell
Mme. Thénardier
Information we're willing to sell...
Thénardier
There's a man that he slew
I saw the corpse clear as I'm seeing you!
What I tell you is true!
Pity to disturb you at a feast like this
But five hundred francs surely wouldn't come amiss.
In God's name say what you have to say.
But first you pay!
What I saw, clear as light,
Jean Valjean in the sewers that night.
Had this corpse on his back
Hanging there like a bloody great sack.
I was there, never fear.
Even found me this fine souvenir!
I know this! This was mine!
Surely this is some heavenly sign!
One thing more, mark this well
It was the night the barricades fell.
Then it's true, then I'm right
Jean Valjean was my savior that night!
God forgive the things that we do.
Come my love, come Cosette,
This day's blessings are not over yet!
| Fantine | Valjean |
|---|---|
|
M'sieur, I bless your name M'sieur, lay down your burden You raised my child in love And you will be with god. |
(interjecting) I am ready, Fantine At the end of my days She's the best of my life. |
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
(to Cosette)
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 goodbye!
Valjean
Yes, Cosette, forbid me now 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 the 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
At last, 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 and Eponine
Take my hand
And lead me to salvation.
Take my love,
For love is everlasting.
Valjean, Fantine, and Eponine
And remember
The truth that once was spoken
To love another person
Is to see the face of God!
