Les Miserables

Act I Act II

Prologue - Work Song At the Barricade (Upon these Stones)

Valjean Arrested, Valjean Forgiven On My Own
What Have I Done? (Valjean's Soliloquy) Building the Barricade
At The End of the Day Javert's Arrival
I Dreamed a Dream Little People
Lovely Ladies A Little Fall of Rain (Eponine's Death)
Fantine's Arrest Night of Anguish
The Runaway Cart First Attack
Who Am I? (The Trial) Drink With Me
Come To Me (Fantine's Death) Bring Him Home
The Confrontation Dawn of Anguish
Castle on a Cloud The Second Attack
Master of the House Death of Gavroche
The Bargain The Final Battle
The Thnardier Waltz of Treachery Dog Eats Dog
Look Down The Sewers
The Robbery Javert's Suicide
Javert's Intervention (Another Brawl) Turning
Stars Empty Chairs at Empty Tables
Eponine's Errand Every Day (Marius and Cosette)
The ABC Cafe - Red and Black Valjean's Confession
Do You Hear the People Sing? The Wedding Chorale
Rue Plumet - In My Life Beggars at the Feast
A Heart Full of Love Epilogue
The Attack on Rue Plumet Finale
One Day More!

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 I broke a window pane.
Prologue - Work Song My sister's child was close to death
And we were starving.
1815, Toulon, France. The chain gang, overseen by Javert:
brutal warders, works in the sun. You will starve again
Unless you learn the meaning of the law.
Chorus (Prisoners): Valjean:
Look down, look down I know the meaning of those 19 years
Don't look 'em in the eye A slave of the law
Look down, look down, Javert:
You're here until you die Five years for what you did
1st Convict: The rest because you tried to run
The sun is strong Yes, 24601.
It's hot as hell below Valjean:
Chorus: My name is Jean Valjean
Look down, look down, Javert:
There's twenty years to go And I am Javert
2nd Convict: Do not forget my name!
I've done no wrong! Do not forget me,
Sweet Jesus, hear my prayer! 24601.
Chorus: Chorus:
Look down, look down, Look down, look down
Sweet Jesus doesn't care You'll always be a slave
3rd Convict: Look down, look down
I know she'll wait, You're standing in your grave.
I know that she'll be true! Valjean:
Chorus: Freedom is mine. The earth is still.
Look down, look down, I feel the wind. I breathe again.
They've all forgotten you And the sky clears
4th Convict: The world is waking.
When I get free ya won't see me Drink from the pool. How clean the taste.
Here for dust! Never forget the years, the waste.
Chorus: Nor forgive them
Look down, look down For what they've done.
Don't look 'em in the eye They are the guilty - everyone.
5th Convict: The day begins...
How long, oh Lord And now lets see
Before you let me die? What this new world
Chorus: Will do for me!
Look down, look down,
You'll always be a slave He finds work on a farm.
Look down, look down,
You're standing in your grave Farmer:
Javert: You'll have to go
Now bring me prisoner 24601 I'll pay you off for the day
Your time is up Collect your bits and pieces there
And your parole's begun And be on your way.
You know what that means. Valjean:
Valjean: You have given me half
Yes, it means I'm free. What the other men get!
Javert: This handful of tin
No! Wouldn't buy my sweat!
It means you get Laborer:
Your yellow ticket-of-leave You broke the law
You are a thief It's there for people to see
Valjean: Why should you get the same
I stole a loaf of bread. As honest men like me?
Javert: Valjean:
You robbed a house. Now every door is closed to me
Valjean: Another jail. Another key. Another chain
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 For when I come to any town two constables.
They check my papers
And they find the mark of Cain
In their eyes I see their fear Valjean Arrested, Valjean Forgiven
`We do not want you here.'
He comes to an inn. Constables
Innkeeper's Wife: 1. Tell his reverence your story
My rooms are full 2. Let us see if he's impressed
And I've no supper to spare 1. You were lodging here last night
I'd like to help a stranger 2. You were the honest Bishop's guest.
All we want is to be fair And then, out of Christian goodness
Valjean: When he learned about your plight
I will pay in advance 1. You maintain he made a present of this silver.
I can sleep in a barn Bishop:
You see how dark it is That is right.
I'm not some kind of dog! But my friend you left so early
Innkeeper: Surely something slipped your mind
You leave my house
Or feel the weight of my rod The bishop gives Valjean two silver candlesticks.
We're law-abiding people here
Thanks be to God. You forgot I gave these also
They throw him out of the inn. Would you leave the best behind?
Valjean: So, Messieurs, you may release him
And now I know how freedom feels For this man has spoken true
The jailer always at your heels I commend you for your duty
It is the law! And God's blessing go with you.
This piece of paper in my hand
That makes me cursed throughout the land Constables leave. The bishop addresses Valjean.
It is the law!
Like a cur But remember this, my brother
I walk the street, See in this some higher plan
The dirt beneath their feet. You must use this precious silver
He sits down despairingly outside a house from To become an honest man
which emerges the Bishop of Digne. By the witness of the martyrs
Bishop: By the Passion and the Blood
Come in, Sir, for you are weary, God has raised you out of darkness
And the night is cold out there. I have bought your soul for God!
Though our lives are very humble
What we have, we have to share.
There is wine here to revive you. What Have I Done? (Valjean's Soliloquy)
There is bread to make you strong,
There's a bed to rest till morning,
Valjean:
Rest from pain, and rest from wrong.
What have I done?
Valjean:
Sweet Jesus, what have I done?
He let me eat my fill
Become a thief in the night,
I had the lion's share
Become a dog on the run
The silver in my hand
And have I fallen so far,
Cost twice what I had earned
And is the hour so late
In all those nineteen years -
That nothing remains but the cry of my hate,
That lifetime of despair
The cries in the dark that nobody hears,
And yet he trusted me.
Here where I stand at the turning of the years?
The old fool trusted me -
He'd done his bit of good
If there's another way to go
I played the grateful serf
I missed it twenty long years ago
And thanked him like I should
My life was a war that could never be won
But when the house was still,
They gave me a number and murdered Valjean
I got up in the night.
When they chained me and left me for dead
Took the silver
Just for stealing a mouthful of bread
Took my flight!
Yet why did I allow that man
Taking the silver cup, he runs off, but is brought back by
To touch my soul and teach me love?
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 He treated me like any other There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and
He gave me his trust There's gonna be hell to pay
He called me brother At the end of the day!
My life he claims for God above
Can such things be? The foreman and workers, including Fantine, emerge
For I had come to hate the world from the factory.
This world that always hated me
Foreman:
Take an eye for an eye! At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing
Turn your heart into stone! Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread
This is all I have lived for! Worker 1:
This is all I have known! Here are children back at home
Workers 1&2:
One word from him and I'd be back And the children have got to be fed
Beneath the lash, upon the rack Worker 2:
Instead he offers me my freedom And you're lucky to be in a job
I feel my shame inside me like a knife Woman:
He told me that I have a soul, And in a bed!
How does he know? Workers:
What spirit comes to move my life? And we're counting our blessings!
Is there another way to go? Woman 2:
Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?
I am reaching, but I fall With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?
And the night is closing in Woman 3:
And I stare into the void It's because little Fantine won't give him his way
To the whirlpool of my sin Woman 1:
I'll escape now from the world Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he
From the world of Jean Valjean stands!
Jean Valjean is nothing now Woman 4:
Another story must begin! And the boss, he never knows
That the foreman is always in heat
He tears up his yellow ticket-of-leave. Woman 3:
If Fantine doesn't look out, watch how she goes
She'll be out on the street!
At The End of The Day Workers:
At the end of the day it's another day over
1823, Montreuil-sur-Mer. Outside the factory owned by With enough in your pocket to last for a week
the Mayor, Monsieur Madeleine (Jean Valjean in Pay the landlord, pay the shop
disguise). Keep on grafting as long as you're able
Keep on grafting till you drop
The Poor: Or it's back to the crumbs off the table
At the end of the day you're another day older You've got to pay your way
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor At the end of the day!
It's a struggle, it's a war Girl: (Grabbing a letter from Fantine)
And there's nothing that anyone's giving And what have we here, little innocent sister?
One more day standing about, what is it for? Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!
One day less to be living.
Reading the letter.
At the end of the day you're another day colder
And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the Ooh... "dear Fantine you must send us more
chill money...
And the righteous hurry past Your child needs a doctor...
They don't hear the little ones crying There's no time to lose..."
And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill Fantine:
One day nearer to dying! Give that letter to me
It is none of your business
At the end of the day there's another day dawning With a husband at home
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise And a bit on the side!
Like the waves crash on the sand Is there anyone here
Like a storm that'll break any second Who can swear before God
There's a hunger in the land She has nothing to fear?
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 She has nothing to hide? Women:
She'll be nothing but trouble again and again
They fight over the letter. Valjean (M. Madeleine) rushes Woman:
on to break up the squabble. You must sack her today
Workers:
Valjean: Sack the girl today!
Will someone tear these two apart? Foreman:
What is this fighting all about? Right my girl. On your way!
This is a factory, not a circus!
Now come on ladies, settle down
I run a business of repute I Dreamed a Dream
I am the Mayor of this town
(To the foreman) Fantine is left alone, unemployed and destitute.
I look to you to sort this out
And be as patient as you can- Fantine:
He goes back into the factory. There was a time when men were kind
Foreman: When their voices were soft
Now someone say how this began! And their words inviting
Girl: There was a time when love was blind
At the end of the day And the world was a song
She's the one who began it And the song was exciting
There's a kid that she's hiding There was a time
In some little town Then it all went wrong
There's a man she has to pay
You can guess how she picks up the extra I dreamed a dream in time gone by
You can bet she's earning her keep When hope was high
Sleeping around And life worth living
And the boss wouldn't like it! I dreamed that love would never die
Fantine: I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Yes it's true there's a child Then I was young and unafraid
And the child is my daughter And dreams were made and used and wasted
And her father abandoned us, There was no ransom to be paid
Leaving us flat No song unsung, no wine untasted
Now she lives with an innkeeper man
And his wife But the tigers come at night
And I pay for the child With their voices soft as thunder
What's the matter with that? As they tear your hope apart
Women: And they turn your dream to shame
At the end of the day
She'll be nothing but trouble He slept a summer by my side
And there's trouble for all He filled my days with endless wonder
When there's trouble for one! He took my childhood in his stride
While we're earning our daily bread But he was gone when autumn came
She's the one with her hands in the butter
You must send the slut away And still I dream he'll come to me
Or we're all gonna end in the gutter That we will live the years together
And it's us who'll have to pay But there are dreams that cannot be
At the end of the day! And there are storms we cannot weather
Foreman:
I might have known the bitch could bite I had a dream my life would be
I might have known the cat had claws So different from this hell I'm living
I might have guessed your little secret So different now from what it seemed
Ah, yes, the virtuous Fantine Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.
Who keeps herself so pure and clean
You'd be the cause I had no doubt Lovely Ladies
Of any trouble hereabout
You play a virgin in the light
The docks. Sailors, whores and their customers, pimps,
But need no urgin' in the night.
etc. Fantine wanders in.
Girl:
She's been laughing at you
Sailor 1:
While she's having her men
I smell women
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 Smell 'em in the air Let's make a price.
Think I'll drop my anchor I'll give you all of ten francs,
In that harbor over there Just think of that!
Sailor 2: Fantine:
Lovely ladies It pays a debt
Smell 'em through the smoke Crone:
Seven days at sea Just think of that
Can make you hungry for a poke Fantine:
Sailor 3: What can I do? It pays a debt.
Even stokers need a little stoke! Ten francs may save my poor Cosette!
Women: Sailor 3:
Lovely ladies Lovely lady!
Waiting for a bite Fastest on the street
Waiting for the customers Wasn't there three minutes
Who only come at night She was back up on her feet
Lovely ladies Sailor 1:
Ready for the call Lovely lady!
Standing up or lying down What yer waiting for?
Or any way at all Doesn't take a lot of savvy
Bargain prices up against the wall Just to be a whore
Old Woman: Come on, lady
Come here, my dear What's a lady for? Fantine re-emerges, her long
Let's see this trinket you wear hair cut short.
This bagatelle... Pimp:
Fantine: Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there?
Madame, I'll sell it to you... Whore 1:
Old Woman: A bit of skirt. She's the one sold her hair.
I'll give you four Whore 2:
Fantine: She's got a kid. Sends her all that she can
That wouldn't pay for the chain! Pimp:
Old Woman: I might have known
I'll give you five. You're far too eager to sell. It's up There is always some man
to you. Lovely lady, come along and join us!
Fantine: Lovely lady!
It's all I have Whore 1:
Old Woman: Come on dearie, why all the fuss?
That's not my fault You're no grander than the rest of us
Fantine: Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap
Please make it ten Join your sisters
Old Woman: Whore 2:
No more than five Make money in your sleep!
My dear, we all must stay alive! Fantine goes off with one of the sailors.
Women: Whore 1:
Lovely ladies That's right dearie, let him have the lot
Waiting in the dark Whore 3:
Ready for a thick one That's right dearie, show him what you've got!
Or a quick one in the park Women:
Whore 1: Old men, young men, take 'em as they come
Long time short time Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind of scum
Any time, my dear Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land
Cost a little extra if you want to take all year! See them with their trousers off they're never quite
All: as grand
Quick and cheap is underneath the pier! All it takes is money in your hand!
Crone:
What pretty hair! Lovely ladies
What pretty locks you got there Going for a song
What luck you got. It's worth a centime, my dear Got a lot of callers
I'll take the lot But they never stay for long
Fantine: Fantine:
Don't touch me! Leave me alone! Come on, Captain,
Crone: You can wear your shoes
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 Don't it make a change Who laid hands on this good man here?
To have a girl who can't refuse What's the substance of this brawl?
Bamatabois:
Easy money Javert, would you believe it
Lying on a bed I was crossing from the park
Just as well they never see When this prostitute attacked me
The hate that's in your head You can see she left her mark
Don't they know they're making love Javert:
To one already dead! She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report
You may rest assured, M'sieur,
Fantine's Arrest That she will answer to the court.
Fantine:
Bamatabois is a well dressed gentleman. There's a child who sorely needs me
Please M'sieur, she's but that high
Bamatabois Holy God, is there no mercy?
Here's something new. I think I'll give it a try. If I go to jail she'll die!
Come closer you! I like to see what I buy... Javert:
The usual price, for just a slice of your pie I have heard such protestations
Fantine: Every day for twenty years
I don't want you. No, no, m'sieur, let me go. Let's have no more explanations
Bamatabois: Save your breath and save your tears
Is this a trick? I won't pay more! `Honest work, just reward,
Fantine: That's the way to please the Lord.
No, not at al`.
Bamatabois: Fantine gives a last despairing cry as she is arrested by
You've got some nerve, you little whore the constables.
You've got some gall. Valjean emerges from the crowd.
It's the same with a tart as it is with a grocer
The customer sees what he gets in advance Valjean:
It's not for the whore to say `yes sir' or `no sir' A moment of your time, Javert
It's not for the harlot to pick and to choose I do believe this woman's tale
Or lead me to a dance! Javert:
He hits her with his stick, she claws at his face, But M'sieur Mayor!
drawing blood. Valjean:
Fantine: You've done your duty, let her be
I'll kill you, you bastard, She needs a doctor, not a jail.
Try any of that! Javert:
Even a whore who has gone to the bad But M'sieur Mayor!
Won't be had by a rat! Fantine:
Bamatabois Can this be?
By Christ you'll pay for what you've done Valjean:
This rat will make you bleed, you'll see! Where will she end -
I guarantee, I'll make you suffer This child without a friend?
For this disturbance of the peace I've seen your face before
For this insult to life and property! Show me some way to help you
Fantine: How have you come to grief
I beg you, don't report me sir In a place such as this?
I'll do whatever you may want Fantine:
Bamatabois M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray
Make your excuse to the police! It's hard enough I've lost my pride
You let your foreman send me away
Javert enters, accompanied by constables. Yes, you were there, and turned aside
I never did no wrong
Javert: Valjean:
Tell me quickly what's the story Is it true, what I have done?
Who saw what and why and where Fantine:
Let him give a full description My daughter's close to dying...
Let him answer to Javert! Valjean:
In this nest of whores and vipers To an innocent soul?
Let one speak who saw it all Fantine:
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 If there's a God above You make me think of a man
Valjean: From years ago
Had I only known then... A man who broke his parole
Fantine: He disappeared
He'd let me die instead Forgive me, Sir,
Valjean: I would not dare!
In His name my task has just begun Valjean:
I will see it done! Say what you must
Javert: Don't leave it there...
But M'sieur Mayor! Javert:
Valjean: I have only known one other
I will see it done! Who can do what you have done
Javert: He's a convict from the chain gang
But M'sieur Mayor! He's been ten years on the run
Valjean: But he couldn't run forever
I will see it done! We have found his hideaway
Voices: And he's just been re-arrested
Look out! It's a runaway cart! And he comes to court today.
Well, of course he now denies it
You'd expect that of a `con'
The Runaway Cart But he couldn't run forever -
No, not even Jean Valjean!
The crowd parts to reveal that the cart has crashed, Valjean:
trapping Monsieur Fauchelevant. You say this man denies it all
And gives no sign of understanding or repentance?
Voices You say this man is going to trial
Look at that! And that's he's sure to be returned
Look at that! To serve his sentence?
It's Monsieur Fauchelevant! Come to that, can you be sure,
Don't approach! Don't go near! That I am not your man?
At the risk of your life! Javert:
He is caught by the wheel! I have known the thief for ages
Oh, the pitiful man! Tracked him down through thick and thin
Stay away, Turn away! And to make the matter certain
There is nothing to do! There's the brand upon his skin
There is nothing to do! He will bend, he will break
Valjean: This time there is no mistake.
Is there anyone here Javert leaves. Valjean is alone.
Who will rescue the man?
Who will help me to shoulder
The weight of the cart? Who Am I? (The Trial)
Voices
Don't go near him, Mr. Mayor Valjean:
The load is heavy as hell He thinks that man is me
The old man's a goner for sure He knew him at a glance!
It'll kill you as well. That stranger he has found
This man could be my chance!
Valjean attempts to lift the cart... but fails. He tries again.
They manage to pull Fauchelevant clear. Why should I save his hide?
Why should I right this wrong
Fauchelevant: When I have come so far
M'sieur le Mayor, I have no words And struggled for so long?
You come from God, you are a saint.
Javert takes Valjean aside. If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!
Javert:
Can this be true? I am the master of hundreds of workers.
I don't believe what I see! They all look to me.
A man your age How can I abandon them?
To be as strong as you are! How would they live
A mem'ry stirs... If I am not free?
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 But Fantine, I swear this on my life
If I speak, I am condemned. Fantine:
If I stay silent, I am damned! Look, M'sieur, where all the children play
Valjean:
Who am I? Be at peace, be at peace evermore.
Can I condemn this man to slavery Fantine:
Pretend I do not feel his agony My Cosette...
This innocent who bears my face Valjean:
Who goes to judgement in my place Shall live in my protection
Who am I? Fantine:
Can I conceal myself for evermore? Take her now
Pretend I'm not the man I was before? Valjean:
And must my name until I die Your child will want for nothing
Be no more than an alibi? Fantine:
Must I lie? Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven.
How can I ever face my fellow men? Valjean:
How can I ever face myself again? And none shall ever harm Cosette
My soul belongs to God, I know As long as I am living.
I made that bargain long ago Fantine:
He gave me hope when hope was gone Take my hand. The night grows ever colder.
He gave me strength to journey on Valjean:
He appears in front of the court Then I will keep you warm.
Fantine:
Who am I? Who am I? Take my child. I give her to your keeping.
I am Jean Valjean! Valjean:
He unbuttons his shirt to reveal the number tattooed to Take shelter from the storm
his chest. Fantine:
For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping
And so Javert, you see it's true And tell Cosette I love her
That man bears no more guilt than you! And I'll see her when I wake...
Who am I?
24601! She dies with a smile. Javert arrives.

Come To Me (Fantine's Death) The Confrontation

Fantine is lying in a hospital bed, deliriously dreaming of Javert:

her daughter Cosette. Valjean, at last,
We see each other plain
Fantine: `M'sieur le Mayor,'
Cosette, it's turned so cold You'll wear a different chain!
Cosette, it's past your bedtime Valjean:
You've played the day away Before you say another word, Javert
And soon it will be night. Before you chain me up like a slave again
Listen to me! There is something I must do.
Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading This woman leaves behind a suffering child.
Don't you see the evening star appearing? There is none but me who can intercede,
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder In Mercy's name, three days are all I need.
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute Then I'll return, I pledge my word.
colder. Then I'll return...
Javert:
Hurry near, another day is dying You must think me mad!
Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying? I've hunted you across the years
There's a darkness which comes without a warning A man like you can never change
But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the A man such as you.
morning.
Valjean (in counterpoint):
Valjean enters. Javert (in counterpoint):
Believe of me what Men like me can
Valjean: you will never change
Oh, Fantine, our time is running out There is a duty that Men like you can
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 I'm sworn to do never change Nobody shouts or talks too loud,
You know nothing of No, 24601 Not in my castle on a cloud.
my life
All I did was steal My duty's to the law - There is a lady all in white,
some bread you have no rights Holds me and sings a lullaby,
You know nothing of Come with me 24601 She's nice to see and she's soft to touch,
the world She says "Cosette, I love you very much."
You would sooner see Now the wheel has
me dead turned around I know a place where no one's lost,
But not before I see Jean Valjean is I know a place where no one cries,
this justice done nothing now Crying at all is not allowed,
I am warning you Dare you talk to me of Not in my castle on a cloud.
Javert crime
I'm a stronger man by And the price you had Oh help! I think I hear them now,
far to pay and I'm nowhere near finished sweeping and
There is power in me Every man is born in scrubbing and polishing the floor.
yet sin Oh, it's her! It's Madame!
My race is not yet run Every man must
choose his way Mme. Thardier:
I am warning you You know nothing of Now look who's here
Javert Javert The little madam herself!
There is nothing I I was born inside a jail Pretending once again she's been `so awfully
won't dare good,'
If I have to kill you I was born with scum Better not let me catch you slacking
here like you Better not catch my eye!
I'll do what must be I am from the gutter Ten rotten francs your mother sends me
done! too! What is that going to buy?
Now take that pail
Valjean breaks a chair and threatens Javert with the My little `Mademoiselle'
broken piece. Turns to Fantine. And go and draw some water from the well!
We should never have taken you in the first place
Valjean (to Fantine): How stupid the things that we do!
And this I swear to you tonight Like mother like daughter, the scum of the street.
Javert: (to Valjean): Eponine, come my dear, Eponine, let me see you
There is no place for you to hide You look very well in that new little blue hat
Valjean: There's some little girls who know how to behave
Your child will live within my care And they know what to wear
Javert: And I'm saying thank heaven for that.
Wherever you may hide away Still there Cosette?
Valjean: Your tears will do you no good!
And I will raise her to the light. I told you fetch some water from the well in the
Valjean & Javert: wood!
I swear to you, I will be there! Young Cosette
Please do not send me out alone
They fight, Javert is knocked out. Valjean escapes. Not in the darkness on my own!
Mme. Thardier:
Enough of that, or I'll forget to be nice!
You heard me ask for something,
Castle on a Cloud And I never ask twice!

Young Cosette is working as a drudge in the Thardier's Young Eponine pushes Cosette out. Thardier says
inn at Montfermeil. good night to his daughter as the inn fills up for the
evening.
Young Cosette
There is a castle on a cloud,
I like to go there in my sleep, Master of the House
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud. Drinkers:
3. Come on you old pest
There is a room that's full of toys, 2. Fetch a bottle of your best
There are a hundred boys and girls, 1. What's the nectar of the day?
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 As for the rest,
Thardier enters with a flask of wine. All of 'em crooks
Rooking their guests
Thardier: And cooking the books.
Here, try this lot Seldom do you see
Guaranteed to hit the spot Honest men like me
Or I'm not Thardier A gent of good intent
Drinkers Who's content to be
Gissa glass a rum
Landlord, over here! Master of the house
Thardier: Doling out the charm
Right away, you scum (to himself) Ready with a handshake
Right away, m'sieur (to customer) And an open palm
Diners Tells a saucy tale
1. God this place has gone to hell Makes a little stir
2. So you tell me every year Customers appreciate a bon-viveur
Drinkers Glad to do a friend a favor
6. Mine host Thardier Doesn't cost me to be nice
He was there so they say, But nothing gets you nothing
At the field of Waterloo Everything has got a little price!
7. Got there, it's true
When the fight was all through Master of the house
1. But he knew just what to do Keeper of the zoo
Crawling through the mud Ready to relieve 'em
So I've heard it said Of a sou or two
Picking through the pockets Watering the wine
Of the English dead Making up the weight
8. He made a tidy score Pickin' up their knick-knacks
From the spoils of war When they can't see straight
Thardier: Everybody loves a landlord
My band of soaks Everybody's bosom friend
My den of dissolutes I do whatever pleases
My dirty jokes, my always pissed as newts. Jesus! Won't I bleed 'em in the end!
My sons of whores Thardier & Drinkers:
Spent their lives in my inn Master of the house
Homing pigeons homing in Quick to catch yer eye
They fly through my doors Never wants a passerby
And their money's as good as yours To pass him by
Diner 2: Servant to the poor
Ain't got a clue Butler to the great
What he put in this stew Comforter, philosopher,
Must have scraped it off the street And lifelong mate!
Diner 1: Everybody's boon companion
God what a wine! Everybody's chaperone
Chateau Neuf de Turpentine Thardier:
Must have pressed it with his feet But lock up your valises
Drinkers Jesus! Won't I skin you to the bone!
Landlord over here! To another new customer
Where's the bloody man? Enter M'sieur
One more for the road! Lay down your load
Thardier, one more slug o' gin. Unlace your boots
Girl: And rest from the road
Just one more, or my old man is gonna do me in. Taking his bag
This weighs a ton
Thardier greets a new customer. Travel's a curse
But here we strive
Thardier: To lighten your purse
Welcome, M'sieur Here the goose is cooked
Sit yourself down Here the fat is fried
And meet the best And nothing's overlooked
Innkeeper in town Till I'm satisfied...
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 Thardier & Drinkers:
Food beyond compare Comforter, philosopher
Food beyond belief Mme. Thardier:
Mix it in a mincer Ah, don't make me laugh!
And pretend it's beef Thardier & Drinkers:
Kidney of a horse Servant to the poor. Butler to the great.
Liver of a cat Mme. Thardier:
Filling up the sausages Hypocrite and toady and inebriate!
With this and that Thardier & Drinkers:
Everybody bless the landlord!
Residents are more than welcome Everybody bless his spouse!
Bridal suite is occupied Thardier:
Reasonable charges Everybody raise a glass
Plus some little extras on the side! Mme. Thardier:
Raise it up the master's arse.
Charge 'em for the lice All:
Extra for the mice Everybody raise a glass to the master of the house!
Two percent for looking in the mirror twice
Here a little slice
There a little cut The Bargain
Three percent for sleeping with the window shut
When it comes to fixing prices Valjean and Young Cosette, hand-in-hand, approach
There are a lot of tricks he knows the now empty inn, singing. They arrive at the inn.
How it all increases
All those bits and pieces Valjean:
Jesus! It's amazing how it grows! I found her wandering in the wood
Thardier & Chorus: This little child, I found her trembling in the
Master of the house shadows
Quick to catch yer eye And I am here to help Cosette
Never wants a passerby And I will settle any debt you may think proper
To pass him by I will pay what I must pay
Servant to the poor To take Cosette away.
Butler to the great There is a duty I must heed,
Comforter, philosopher, There is a promise I have made
And lifelong mate! For I was blind to one in need
Everybody's boon companion I did not see what stood before me
Gives 'em everything he's got Now her mother is with God
Thardier: Fantine's suffering is over
Dirty bunch of geezers And I speak here with her voice
Jesus! What a sorry little lot! And I stand here in her place
Mme. Thardier: And from this day and evermore
I used to dream Mme. Thardier:
That I would meet a prince Let me have your coat, M'sieur
But God Almighty, Valjean:
Have you seen what's happened since? Cosette shall live in my protection
`Master of the house?' Thardier:
Isn't worth me spit! You are very welcome here
`Comforter, philosopher' Valjean:
- and lifelong shit! I will not forsake my vow
Cunning little brain Thardier:
Regular Voltaire Take a glass
Thinks he's quite a lover Mme. Thardier:
But there's not much there Take a chair
What a cruel trick of nature Valjean:
Landed me with such a louse Cosette shall have a father now!
God knows how I've lasted
Living with this bastard in the house!
Thardier & Drinkers: The Thardier Waltz of Treachery
Master of the house!
Mme. Thardier:
Thardier:
Master and a half!
What to do? What to say?
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 Shall you carry our treasure away? Look down, look down,
What a gem! What a pearl! Upon your fellow man!
Beyond rubies is our little girl! Gavroche
How can we speak of debt? How do you do? My name's Gavroche.
Let's not haggle for darling Cosette! These are my people. Here's my patch.
Not much to look at, nothing posh
Dear Fantine, gone to rest... Nothing that you'd call up to scratch.
Have we done for her child what is best? This is my school, my high society
Shared our bread. Shared each bone. Here in the slums of Saint Michele
Treated her like she's one of our own! We live on crumbs of humble piety
Like our own, Monsieur! Tough on the teeth, but what the hell!
Valjean: Think you're poor?
Your feelings do you credit, sir Think you're free?
And I will ease the parting blow Follow me! Follow me!
He pays them. Beggars:
Let us not talk of bargains or bones or greed Look down and show some mercy if you can
Now, may I say, we are agreed? Look down, look down, upon your fellow man
Mme. Thardier:
That would quite fit the bill An old beggar woman finds a young prostitute
If she hadn't so often been ill occupying her pitch.
Little dear, cost us dear
Medicines are expensive, M'sieur Old Beggar Woman:
Not that we begrudged a sou What you think yer at?
It's no more than we Christians must do! Hanging round me pitch?
M. and Mme. Thardier: If you're new around here, girl
One thing more, one small doubt You've got a lot to learn!
There are treacherous people about Young Prostitute:
No offense. Please reflect. Listen you old bat...
Your intentions may not be correct? Crazy bloody witch...
Valjean: 'Least I give me customers
No more words. Here's your price. Some pleasure in return!
Fifteen hundred for your sacrifice. Old Beggar Woman:
Come, Cosette, say goodbye I know what you give!
Let us seek out some friendlier sky. Give 'em all the pox!
Thank you both for Cosette Spread around your poison
It won't take you too long to forget. Till they end up in a box.
Pimp:
Valjean and Cosette leave the inn. Leave the poor old cow,
Move it, Madeleine.
Come, Cosette, come, my dear She used to be no better
From now on I will always be here Till the clap got to her brain.
Where I go, you will be. Beggars:
Cosette: When's it gonna end?
Will there be children and castles to see? When we gonna live?
Valjean: Something's gotta happen now or
Yes, Cosette, yes, it's true. Something's gonna give
There's a castle just waiting for you. It'll come, it'll come, it'll come
Valjean & Cosette: It'll come, it'll come, it'll come
La la la la la... Enjolras:
Where the leaders of the land?
Where are the swells who run this show?
Look Down Marius:
Only one man - and that's Lamarque
1832. The teeming, squalid streets of Paris. Beggars, Speaks for these people here below.
urchins, prostitutes, students, etc. Beggars:
See our children fed
Beggars: Help us in our shame
Look down and see the beggars at your feet Something for a crust of bread
Look down and show some mercy if you can In Holy Jesus' name
Look down and see Urchin:
The sweepings of the street In the Lord's Holy name.
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Beggars: I like the way you grow your hair
In his name, in his name, in his name... Marius:
Marius: I like the way you always tease
Lamarque is ill and fading fast! Eponine:
Won't last the week out, so they say. Little he knows!
Enjolras: Little he sees!
With all the anger in the land Valjean arrives with Cosette, now grown up.
How long before the judgement day?
Before we cut the fat ones down to size? Mme. Thardier:
Before the barricades arise? Here's the old boy. Stay on the job and watch out
Gavroche: for the law.
Watch out for old Thardier Eponine: (to Marius)
All of his family's on the make Stay out of this.
Once ran a hash-house down the way Marius:
Bit of a swine and no mistake But Eponine...
He's got a gang Eponine:
The bleeding layabout You'll be in trouble here
Even his daughter does her share It's not your concern
That's Eponine, she knows her way about You'll be in the clear
Only a kid, but hard to scare She pushes Marius away.
Do we care?
Not a cuss Marius:
Long live us. Who is that man?
Long live us! Eponine:
Beggars: Leave me alone!
Look down and show some mercy if you can Marius:
Look down, look down upon your fellow man! Why is he here? Hey, Eponine!
He tries to follow her, and bumps into Cosette.
I didn't see you there, forgive me.
The Robbery Thardier:
Please m'sieur, come this way
Thardier assembling his gang. Here's a child that ain't eaten today.
Save a life, spare a sou
Thardier: God rewards all the good that you do.
Everyone here, you know your place Wait a bit. Know that face.
Brujon, Babet, Claquesous Ain't the world a remarkable place?
You, Montparnasse, watch for the law Men like me don't forget
With Eponine take care You're the bastard who borrowed Cosette!
You turn on the tears Thardier grabs Valjean and rips open his shirt,
No mistakes, my dears revealing the number on his chest.
Mme. Thardier:
These bloody students on our street Valjean:
Here they come slumming once again What is this? Are you mad?
Our Eponine would kiss their feet No, Monsieur, you don't know what you do!
She never had a scrap of brain Thardier:
Marius: You know me, you know me.
Hey, Eponine, what's up today? I'm a con, just like you.
I haven't seen you much about. Eponine:
Eponine: It's the police! Disappear!
Here you can always catch me in. Run for it! It's Javert!
Marius:
Mind the police don't catch you out! Javert's Intervention
Eponine:
Here, wotcher do with all them books? Javert and his constables break up the fight. Valjean
I could have been a student too! picks himself up and looks for Cosette, who is with
Don't judge a girl on how she looks. Marius.
I know a lot of things, I do!
Marius Javert:
Poor Eponine, the things you know Another brawl in the square
You wouldn't find in books like these. Another stink in the air!
Eponine: Was there a witness to this? (Marius steps forward)
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 Well, let him speak to Javert! And those who follow the path of the righteous
M'sieur, the streets are not safe, Shall have their reward
But let these vermin beware And if they fall
We'll see that justice is done! As Lucifer fell
The flame
Look upon this fine collection The sword!
Crawled from underneath a stone
This swarm of worms and maggots Stars
Could have picked you to the bone! In your multitudes
I know this man over here Scarce to be counted
I know his name and his trade Filling the darkness
And on your witness, M'sieur, With order and light
We'll see him suitably paid. You are the sentinels
Valjean and Cosette have disappeared. Silent and sure
But where's the gentleman gone? Keeping watch in the night
And why on earth did he run? Keeping watch in the night
Marius runs off to find Cosette
You know your place in the sky
Thardier: You hold your course and your aim
You will have a job to catch him And each in your season
He's the one you should arrest Returns and returns
No more bourgeois when you scratch him And is always the same
Than that brand upon his chest! And if you fall as Lucifer fell
The constables search for Valjean. You fall in flame!

Javert: And so it has been and so it is written

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?
Thardier:
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!
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!

Stars
Eponine's Errand
Javert:
There, out in the darkness Eponine is alone in the square.
A fugitive running
Fallen from God Eponine:
Fallen from grace Cosette! Now I remember!
God be my witness Cosette! How can it be?
I never shall yield We were children together
Till we come face to face Look what's become of me...
Till we come face to face Marius returns.

He knows his way in the dark Good God! Ooh, what a rumpus!
Mine is the way of the Lord Marius:
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 That girl, who can she be? Marius enters.
Eponine: Marius, you're late.
That cop! He'd like to jump us Joly:
But he ain't smart, not he. What's wrong today?
Marius: You look as if you've seen a ghost.
Eponine, who was that girl? Grantaire
Eponine: Some wine and say what's going on!
Some bourgeois two-a-penny thing! Marius:
Marius: A ghost you say... a ghost maybe
Eponine, find her for me! She was just like a ghost to me
Eponine: One minute there, and she was gone!
What will you give me? Grantaire:
Marius: I am agog!
Anything! I am aghast!
Eponine: Is Marius in love at last?
Got you all excited now, I've never heard him `ooh' and `aah'
But God knows what you see in her You talk of battles to be won
Ain't you all delighted now And here he comes like Don Ju-an
She refuses Marius' money. It's better than an o-per-a!
No, I don't want your money sir... Enjolras:
Marius: It is time for us all
Eponine! Do this for me... To decide who we are
Discover where she lives Do we fight for the right
But careful how you go To a night at the opera now?
Don't let your father know Have you asked of yourselves
'Ponine! I'm lost until she's found! What's the price you might pay?
Eponine: Is it simply a game
You see, I told you so! For rich young boys to play?
There's lots of things I know The color of the world
Marius leaves. Is changing day by day...
'Ponine... she knows her way around!
Red - the blood of angry men!
Black - the dark of ages past!
The ABC Caf?- Red and Black Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!
The ABC Caf? where the students, led by Enjolras, Marius:
meet to discuss their revolutionary plans. Had you been there tonight
You might know how it feels
Combeferre: To be struck to the bone
At Notre Dame the sections are prepared! In a moment of breathless delight!
Feuilly: Had you been there tonight
At rue de Bac they're straining at the leash! You might also have known
Courfeyrac: How the world may be changed
Students, workers, everyone In just one burst of light!
There's a river on the run And what was right seems wrong
Like the flowing of the tide And what was wrong seems right!
Paris coming to our side! Grantaire:
Enjolras: Red...
The time is near Marius:
So near it's stirring the blood in their veins! I feel my soul on fire!
And yet beware Grantaire:
Don't let the wine go to your brains! Black...
For the army we fight is a dangerous foe Marius:
With the men and the arms that we never can My world if she's not there!
match All:
It is easy to sit here and swat 'em like flies Red...
But the national guard will be harder to catch. Marius:
We need a sign The color of desire!
To rally the people All:
To call them to arms Black...
To bring them in line! Marius:
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 The color of despair! Do You Hear The People Sing?
Enjolras:
Marius, you're no longer a child Enjolras:
I do not doubt you mean it well Do you hear the people sing?
But now there is a higher call. Singing a song of angry men?
Who cares about your lonely soul? It is the music of a people
We strive toward a larger goal Who will not be slaves again!
Our little lives don't count at all! When the beating of your heart
All: Echoes the beating of the drums
Red - the blood of angry men! There is a life about to start
Black - the dark of ages past! When tomorrow comes!
Red - a world about to dawn! Combeferre:
Black - the night that ends at last! Will you join in our crusade?
Enjolras: Who will be strong and stand with me?
Well, Courfeyrac, do we have all the guns? Beyond the barricade
Feuilly, Combeferre, our time is running short. Is there a world you long to see?
Grantaire, put the bottle down! Courfeyrac:
Do we have the guns we need? Then join in the fight
Grantaire That will give you the right to be free!
Give me brandy on my breath All:
And I'll breathe them all to death! Do you hear the people sing?
Courfeyrac: Singing a song of angry men?
In St. Antoine they're with us to a man! It is the music of a people
Combeferre: Who will not be slaves again!
In Notre Dame they're tearing up the stones! When the beating of your heart
Feuilly: Echoes the beating of the drums
Twenty rifles good as new! There is a life about to start
Gavroche rushes in shouting. When tomorrow comes!
Gavroche: Feuilly:
Listen! Will you give all you can give
Joly: So that our banner may advance
Twenty rounds for every man! Some will fall and some will live
Gavroche: Will you stand up and take your chance?
Listen to me! The blood of the martyrs
Jean Prouvaire: Will water the meadows of France!
Double that in Port St. Cloud! All:
Gavroche: Do you hear the people sing?
Listen everybody! Singing a song of angry men?
Lesgles: It is the music of a people
Seven guns in St. Martin! Who will not be slaves again!
Gavroche: When the beating of your heart
General Lamarque is dead! Echoes the beating of the drums
Enjolras: There is a life about to start
Lamarque is dead. When tomorrow comes!
Lamarque! His death is the hour of fate.
The people's man.
His death is the sign we await! Rue Plumet - In My Life
On his funeral day they will honor his name.
It's a rallying cry that will reach every ear!
Cosette stands in her garden on Rue Plumet.
In the death of Lamarque we will kindle the flame
They will see that the day of salvation is near!
Cosette:
The time is near!
How strange
Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer
This feeling that my life's begun at last
Let us take to the streets with no doubt in our
This change,
hearts
Can people really fall in love so fast?
But a jubilant shout
What's the matter with you, Cosette?
They will come one and all
Have you been too much on your own?
They will come when we call!
So many things unclear
So many things unknown.

In my life
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 There are so many questions and answers To us all in our time
That somehow seem wrong In our turn
In my life
There are times when I catch in the silence Valjean leaves the garden. Marius and Eponine arrive
The sigh of a faraway song outside.
And it sings
Of a world that I long to see Marius
Out of reach In my life
Just a whisper away She has burst like the music of angels
Waiting for me. The light of the sun
And my life seems to stop
Does he know I'm alive? As if something is over
Do I know if he's real? And something has scarcely begun.
Does he see what I saw? Eponine
Does he feel what I feel? You're the friend who has brought me here
Thanks to you I am one with the gods
In my life And Heaven is near!
I'm no longer alone And I soar through a world that is new that is free
Now the love in my life Eponine: (to herself)
Is so near Every word that he says is a dagger in me!
Find me now, find me here! In my life
Valjean: There's been no one like him anywhere
Dear Cosette, Anywhere, where he is...
You're such a lonely child If he asked... I'd be his
How pensive, how sad you seem to me Marius & Eponine:
Believe me, were it within my power In my life
I'd fill each passing hour There is someone who touches my life
How quiet it must be, I can see Marius:
With only me for company. Waiting here
Cosette: Eponine:
There's so little I know Waiting here
That I'm longing to know
Of the child that I was
In a time long ago...
There's so little you say
Of the life you have known
Why you keep to yourself A Heart Full of Love
Why we're always alone
So dark! So dark and deep... Marius goes into the garden, leaving Eponine outside
The secrets that you keep! the gate.
In my life Marius
I have all that I want A heart full of love
You are loving and gentle and good A heart full of song
But Papa, dear Papa, I'm doing everything all wrong
In your eyes I am just like a child Oh God, for shame
Who is lost in a wood I do not even know your name
Valjean: Dear Mad'moiselle
No more words Won't you say?
No more words. It's a time that is dead Will you tell?
There are words Cosette:
That are better unheard, A heart full of love
Better unsaid. No fear, no regret
Cosette: Marius:
In my life My name is Marius Pontmercy
I'm no longer a child and I yearn Cosette:
For the truth that you know And mine's Cosette
Of the years... years ago! Marius:
Valjean: Cosette, I don't know what to say
You will learn Cosette:
Truth is given by God Then make no sound
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Marius: He'll think I'm in it too!
I am lost
Cosette: What'll I do, what'll I say?
I am found! I've got to warn them here
Marius: I've got to find a way.
A heart full of light Thardier arrives with the rest of his gang.
Cosette:
A night bright as day Thardier:
Marius: This is his lair
And you must never go away I've seen the old fox around
Cosette, Cosette He keeps himself to himself
Cosette: He's staying close to the ground
This is a chain we'll never break I smell profit here!
Marius:
Do I dream? Ten years ago
Cosette: He came and paid for Cosette
I'm awake! I let her go for a song
Marius: It's time we settled the debt
A heart full of love This'll cost him dear
Cosette: Brujon
A heart full of you What do I care
Marius: Who you should rob?
A single look and then I knew Gimme me my share
Cosette: Finish the job!
I knew it too Thardier:
Marius: You shut your mouth
From today Give me your hand
Cosette: Brujon (catching sight of Eponine);
Every day What have we here?
Cosette & Marius: Thardier: (not recognizing her):
For it isn't a dream Who is this hussy?
Not a dream after all. Babet
Eponine: (Interjecting) It's your brat Eponine
He was never mine to lose Don't you know your own kid
Why regret what cannot be? Why's she hanging about you?
These are words he'll never say Thardier:
Not to me... Eponine, get on home
Not to me... You're not needed in this
Not to me... We're enough here without you
His heart full of love Eponine:
He will never feel this way... I know this house
Marius and Cosette move away as Montparnasse I tell you there's nothing here for you
enters furtively Just the old man and the girl
They live ordinary lives
Thardier:
The Attack on Rue Plumet Don't interfere
You've got some gall
Eponine: Take care, young miss,
'Parnasse, what are you doing You've got a lot to say!
So far out of our patch? Brujon:
Montparnasse: She's going soft
This house, we're going to do it Claquesous:
Rich man, plenty of scratch Happens to all
You remember he's the one Montparnasse:
Who got away the other day Go home, 'Ponine,
Got a number on his chest Go home, you're in the way
Perhaps a fortune put away! Eponine:
Eponine: I'm gonna scream, I'm gonna warn them here.
Oh Lord, somebody help me! Thardier:
Dear God, what'll I do? One little scream and you'll regret it for a year.
He'll think this is an ambush Claquesous
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What a palaver One day more!
What an absolute treat Another day, another destiny.
To watch a cat and its father This never-ending road to Calvary;
Pick a bone in the street These men who seem to know my crime
Brujon: Will surely come a second time.
Not a sound out of you! One day more!
Eponine: Marius:
Well I told you I'd do it, told you I'd do it... I did not live until today.
She screams. How can I live when we are parted?
Thardier: Valjean:
You wait my girl, you'll rue this night One day more.
I'll make you scream, you'll scream all right Marius & Cosette:
Leave her to me, don't wait around Tomorrow you'll be worlds away,
Make for the sewers, go underground! And yet with you, my world has started!
The gang scatters. Marius and Cosette run back Eponine:
into the garden and he hurriedly introduces One more day all on my own.
Eponine before she takes off. Marius & Cosette:
Marius: Will we ever meet again?
It was your cry sent them away Eponine:
Once more 'Ponine saving the day One more day with him not caring.
Dearest Cosette - my friend 'Ponine Marius & Cosette:
Brought me to you, showed me the way! I was born to be with you.
Someone is near Eponine:
Let's not be seen What a life I might have known.
Somebody's here! Marius & Cosette:
Marius leaves quickly as Valjean enters. And I swear I will be true!
Eponine:
Valjean: But he never saw me there!
My God, Cosette! Enjolras:
I heard a cry in the dark One more day before the storm!
I heard the shout of angry voices in the street. Marius:
Cosette: Do I follow where she goes?
That was my cry you heard, Papa, Enjolras:
I was afraid of what they'd do. At the barricades of freedom.
They ran away when they heard my cry. Marius:
Valjean: Shall I join my brothers there?
Cosette, my child, what will become of you? Enjolras:
Cosette: When our ranks begin to form
Three men I saw beyond the wall Marius:
Three men in shadow moving fast Do I stay; and do I dare?
Valjean: Enjolras:
This is a warning to us all Will you take your place with me?
These are the shadows of the past All:
Must be Javert! The time is now, the day is here
He's found my cover at last! Valjean:
I've got to get Cosette away One day more!
Before they return! Javert:
One more day to revolution,
We must get away from shadows We will nip it in the bud!
They will never let us be I will join these little schoolboys,
Tomorrow to Calais... They will wet themselves with blood!
And then a ship across the sea! Valjean:
Hurry, Cosette, prepare to leave and say no more, One day more!
Tomorrow we'll away! M. & Mme. Thardier:
Hurry, Cosette, it's time to close another door Watch 'em run amuck,
And live another day! Catch 'em as they fall,
Never know your luck
When there's a free for all,
One Day More Here a little `dip'
There a little `touch'
Valjean: Most of them are goners
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 So they won't miss much! Wait! I will need a report
Students (2 Groups): On the strength of the foe.
1: One day to a new beginning Javert (disguised as a rebel):
2: Raise the flag of freedom high! I can find out the truth
1: Every man will be a king I know their ways
2: Every man will be a king Fought their wars
1: There's a new world for the winning
2: There's a new world to be won Served my time
All: In the days
Do you hear the people sing? Of my youth.
Marius: Prouvaire:
My place is here, I fight with you! Now the people will fight
Valjean: Grantaire:
One day more! And so they might
Marius & Cosette: Javert: (overlapping): Dogs will bark
I did not live until I will join these people's Fleas will bite.
heros Lesgles:
today. I will follow where they go They will do what is right!
Eponine: Marius spots Eponine, who is dressed as a boy.
One more day I will learn their little secrets, Marius:
all on my own! I will know the things Hey, little boy, what's this I see?
M & C: God, Eponine, the things you do!
How can I live they know. Eponine:
when we are parted? I know this is no place for me,
Valjean: Still, I would rather be with you!
One day more! Marius:
Get out before the trouble starts.
Marius & Cosette: Javert: Thardiers: Get out, 'Ponine, you might get shot!
Tomorrow you'll be One more day to We will Eponine:
nip it in the bud I've got you worried now, I have
worlds away revolution Watch 'em run amok That shows you like me quite a lot!
Eponine: What a life I We'll be ready for Catch 'em Marius:
as they fall There is a way that you can help
might have known! these Schoolboys Never You are the answer to a prayer!
know your luck Please take this letter to Cosette
M & C: And yet with When there's a And pray to God that she's still there!
you my world has free-for-all! Eponine:
started Little you know!
Little you care!
Valjean: She walks to the Rue Plumet, where she meets Valjean.
Tomorrow we'll be far away, Eponine:
Tomorrow is the judgement day I have a letter M'sieur
All: It's addressed to your daughter, Cosette
Tomorrow we'll discover It's from a boy at the barricade, Sir,
What our God in Heaven has in store! In the Rue de Villette.
One more dawn Valjean:
One more day Give me that letter here, my boy.
One day more! Eponine:
The curtain falls. He said to give it to Cosette
Valjean:
Upon These Stones - Building the Barricade You have my word that my daughter will know
What this letter contains.
Enjolras is addressing the revolutionaries. He gives her a coin.
Tell the young man she will read it tomorrow
Enjolras: And here's for your pains
Here upon these stones Go careful now, stay out of sight
We will build our barricade There's danger in the streets tonight.
In the heart of the city He opens the letter... and reads it.
We claim as our own! "Dearest Cosette, you have entered my soul
Each man to his duty And soon you will be gone.
And don't be afraid. Can it be only a day since we met
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 And the world was reborn? I love him
If I should fall in the battle to come I love him
Let this be my goodbye... But only on my own.
Now that I know you love me as well
It is harder to die...
I pray that god will bring me home Building the Barricade
To be with you.
Pray for your Marius. He prays for you!" The barricade is now complete.
Valjean goes in, leaving Eponine alone.
Students:
Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade
On My Own Marius:
Let them come in their legions
Eponine: And they will be met
And now I'm all alone again Enjolras:
Nowhere to turn, no one to go to Have faith in yourselves
Without a home, without a friend, And don't be afraid
Without a face to say hello to.
And now the night is near Grantaire:
Now I can make believe he's here. Let's give 'em a screwing
That they'll never forget!
Sometimes I walk alone at night Combeferre:
When everybody else is sleeping This is where it begins!
I think of him and then I'm happy Courfeyrac:
With the company I'm keeping And if I should die in the fight to be free
The city goes to bed Where the fighting is hardest
And I can live inside my head. There will I be
Feuilly:
On my own Let them come if they dare
Pretending he's beside me We'll be there!
All alone, I walk with him till morning
Without him
I feel his arms around me Javert's Arrival
And when I lose my way I close my eyes
And he has found me Army Officer (offstage, with a loud-bailer):
You at the barricade listen to this!
In the rain the pavement shines like silver No one is coming to help you to fight
All the lights are misty in the river You're on your own
In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight You have no friends
And all I see is him and me for ever and forever Give up your guns - or die!
Enjolras:
And I know it's only in my mind Damn their warnings, damn their lies
That I'm talking to myself and not to him They will see the people rise!
And although I know that he is blind Students:
Still I say, there's a way for us Damn their warnings, damn their lies
They will see the people rise!
I love him Javert climbs over the barricade.
But when the night is over
He is gone, the river's just a river Javert:
Without him the world around me changes Listen my friends
The trees are bare and everywhere I have done as I said
The streets are full of strangers I have been to their lines
I have counted each man
I love him I will tell what I can
But every day I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending Better be warned
Without me his world will go on turning They have armies to spare
A world that's full of happiness And the danger is real
That I have never known! We will need all our cunning
To bring them to heel.
I love him Enjolras:
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 Have faith There are things that never die
If you know what their movements are Grantaire:
We'll spoil their game What's the difference, die a schoolboy,
There are ways that a people can fight Die a policeman, die a spy?
We shall overcome their power Enjolras:
Javert: Take this man, bring him through
I have overheard their plans There is work we have to do!
There will be no attack tonight Javert is bundled away as the first shots ring out.
They intend to starve us out
Before they start a proper fight Eponine enters, wounded.
Concentrate their force
Hit us from the right. Joly:
There's a boy climbing the barricade!
Marius:
Little People Good God! What are you doing?
'Ponine, have you no fear?
Gavroche: Have you seen my beloved?
Liar! Why have you come back here?
Good evening, dear inspector Eponine:
Lovely evening, my dear. Took the letter like you said
I know this man, my friends I met her father at the door
His name is Inspector Javert He said he would give it
So don't believe a word he says She collapses in his arms
'Cause none of it's true Don't think I can stand any more.
This only goes to show Marius:
What little people can do! Eponine, what's wrong? I feel...
There's something wet upon your hair
And little people know There is blood on his hands
When little people fight Eponine, you're hurt
We may look easy pickings You need some help!
But we've got some bite Oh God, it's everywhere....
So never kick a dog
Because he's just a pup
We'll fight like twenty armies A Little Fall of Rain
And we won't give up
So you'd better run for cover Eponine:
When the pup grows up! Don't you fret, M'sieur Marius
Grantaire: I don't feel any pain
Bravo, little Gavroche, you're the top of the class! A little fall of rain
Prouvaire: Can hardly hurt me now
So what are we going to do You're here, that's all I need to know
With this snake in the grass? And you will keep me safe
Enjolras: And you will keep me close
Tie this man and take him And rain will make the flowers grow.
To the tavern in there Marius:
The people will decide your fate But you will live, 'Ponine - dear God above,
Inspector Javert! If I could heal your wounds with words of love.
Courfeyrac: Eponine:
Take the bastard now and shoot him! Just hold me now, and let it be.
Feuilly: Shelter me, comfort me
Let us watch the devil dance! Marius:
Lesgles: You would live a hundred years
You'd have done the same, Inspector, If I could show you how
If we'd let you have your chance! I won't desert you now...
Javert: Eponine:
Shoot me now or shoot me later The rain can't hurt me now
Every schoolboy to his sport This rain will wash away what's past
Death to each and every traitor And you will keep me safe
I renounce your people's court! And you will keep me close
Combeferre: I'll sleep in your embrace at last.
Though we may not all survive here
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 The rain that brings you here You wear an army uniform.
Is Heaven-blessed! Valjean:
The skies begin to clear That's why they let me through.
And I'm at rest Joly:
A breath away from where you are You've got some years behind you sir.
I've come home from so far Valjean:
Eponine: Marius: (in counterpoint) There's much that I can do.
So don't you fret, M'sieur Marius Hush-a-bye, Joly:
dear Eponine, You see that prisoner over there?
I don't feel any pain You won't feel any pain Grantaire:
A little fall of rain A little fall of rain A volunteer like you!
Can hardly hurt me now Can hardly hurt you Combeferre:
now A spy who calls himself Javert!
Grantaire:
Marius: He's going to get it too...
I'm here Sentry:
Eponine: They're getting ready to attack!
That's all I need to know
Eponine: Marius: (in counterpoint)
And you will keep me safe I will stay with you The First Attack
And you will keep me close Till you are
sleeping Enjolras gives Valjean a gun.
Eponine: Enjolras:
And rain... Take this and use it well!
Marius: But if you shoot us in the back,
And rain... You'll never live to tell.
Eponine: Student 1:
Will make the flowers... Platoon of sappers advancing toward the
Marius: barricade!
Will make the flowers... grow... Student 2:
She dies. Marius kisses her, then lays her on the Troops behind them, fifty men or more!
ground. Enjolras:
Fire!
Enjolras: Gunfire is heard.
She is the first to fall
The first of us to fall upon this barricade Feuilly:
Marius: Sniper!
Her name was Eponine Valjean shoots a sniper who is aiming at Enjolras.
Her life was cold and dark, yet she was unafraid.
Combeferre: Lesgles:
We fight here in her name See how they run away!
Prouvaire: Grantaire:
She will not die in vain. By God we've won the day!
Lesgles: Enjolras:
She will not be betrayed. They will be back again,
They carry her body off. Make an attack again.
(To Valjean.)
For your presence of mind
Night of Anguish For the deed you have done
I will thank you M'sieur
Valjean arrives, dressed as a soldier. When our battle is won.
Valjean:
Joly: Give me no thanks M'sieur
Here comes a man in uniform There is something you can do.
What brings you to this place? Enjolras:
Valjean: If it is in my power.
I come here as a volunteer Valjean:
Joly: Give me the spy Javert
Approach and show your face. Let me take care of him!
Sentry: Javert:
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 The law is inside out Let no one sleep tonight!
The world is upside down
Enjolras:
Do what you have to do, Drink With Me (The Night)
The man belongs to you.
The defenders settle down for the night with wine and a
The enemy may be regrouping. Hold yourself in song.
readiness.
Come my friends, back to your positions. Enjolras:
The night is falling fast. Marius, rest.
Valjean:
We meet again. Feuilly:
Javert: Drink with me to days gone by
You've hungered for this all your life; Sing with me the songs we knew
Take your revenge! Prouvaire:
How right you should kill with a knife! Here's to pretty girls who went to our heads.
Joly:
Here's to witty girls who went to our beds.
Valjean cuts the ropes which bind Javert. All:
Here's to them and here's to you!
Valjean: Grantaire:
You talk too much, Drink with me to days gone by
Your life is safe in my hands. Can it be you fear to die?
Javert: Will the world remember you
Don't understand When you fall?
Valjean: Could it be your death
Get out of here. Means nothing at all?
Javert: Is your life just one more lie?
Valjean, take care! All:
I'm warning you... Drink with me to days gone by
Valjean: To the life that used to be
Clear out of here. Women:
Javert: At the shrine of friendship, never say die
Once a thief, forever a thief Men:
What you want you always steal! Let the wine of friendship never run dry
You would trade your life for mine. All:
Yes, Valjean, you want a deal! Here's to you and here's to me
Shoot me now for all I care! Marius:
If you let me go, beware, Do I care if I should die
You'll still answer to Javert! Now she goes across the sea?
Valjean: Life without Cosette
You are wrong, and always have been wrong. Means nothing at all.
I'm a man, no worse than any man. Would you weep, Cosette,
You are free, and there are no conditions, Should Marius fall?
No bargains or petitions. Will you weep, Cosette,
There's nothing that I blame you for. For me?
You've done your duty, nothing more. Marius settles down to sleep.
If I come out of this alive, you'll find me
At number fifty-five Rue Plumet
No doubt our paths will cross again. Bring Him Home
Valjean fires his gun into the air, Javert leaves quickly.
Valjean is standing over Marius at the barricade.
Muted applause from the students who think Javert has
been shot.
Valjean:
God on high
Enjolras:
Hear my prayer
Courfeyrac, you take the watch
In my need
They won't attack until it's light
You have always been there
Everybody stay awake
We must be ready for the fight
He is young
For the final fight
He's afraid
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 Let him rest Feuilly:
Heaven blessed. We've guns enough, but ammunition's short
Bring him home Marius:
Bring him home Let me go into the streets
Bring him home. There are bodies all around
Ammunition to be had
He's like the son I might have known Lots of bullets to be found!
If God had granted me a son. Enjolras:
The summers die I won't let you go, it's too much of a chance!
One by one Marius:
How soon they fly The same is true for any man here!
On and on Valjean:
And I am old Let me go. He's no more than a boy.
And will be gone. I am old, I have nothing to fear.
Gavroche:
Bring him peace You need somebody quicker and I volunteer!
Bring him joy Gavroche climbs the barricade.
He is young
He is only a boy Lesgles:
Come back Gavroche, don't you dare!
You can take Joly:
You can give Someone pull him down at once!
Let him be Gavroche:
Let him live Look at me, I'm almost there!
If I die, let me die
Let him live
Bring him home The Death of Gavroche
Bring him home
Bring him home. (Gunshot.)
Gavroche:
Little people know, when
Dawn of Anguish Little people fight, we
(Gunshot. Gavroche is wounded.)
Dawn breaks. May look easy pickings
But we've got some bite!
Enjolras: (He is hit again.)
The people have not stirred So never kick a dog
We are abandoned by those who still live in fear. Because he's just a pup
The people have not heard. We'll fight like twenty armies
Yet we will not abandon those who cannot hear. And we won't give up
Let us not waste lives So you'd better run for cover
Let all the women and fathers of children When the pup grows....
Go from here. He dies.
Feuilly:
Drink with me to days gone by
Sing with me the songs we knew The Final Battle
All:
At the shrine of friendship Army Officer (with loud hailer):
Raise your glass high You at the barricade listen to this
Let the wine of friendship The people of Paris sleep in their beds
Never run dry You have no chance
If I die, I die with you! No chance at all
Why throw your lives away?
Enjolras:
Let us die facing our foes
The Second Attack Make them bleed while we can
Combeferre:
The battle recommences. Make 'em pay through the nose
Courfeyrac:
Enjolras: Make 'em pay for every man!
How do we stand, Feuilly? Make your report. Enjolras:
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 Let others rise I raise my eyes to see the heavens
To take our place And only the moon looks down
Until the earth is free! The harvest moon shines down!
He turns over Valjean's body, recognizes him, and
Increasingly heavy gunfire. Marius is shot. Enjolras is leaves. Eventually, Valjean picks up Marius again and
killed at the summit of the barricade. All on the walks through the sewers. As they emerge, they meet
barricade are killed, except Marius, who is wounded Javert.
and unconscious, and Valjean. Valjean discovers that
Marius is still alive and carries him down into the sewers
to escape. The Sewers

Javert climbs over the barricade looking for Valjean's Valjean:

body. Not finding it, he realizes that Valjean must be in It's you, Javert!
the sewers, so he goes off to where he must emerge. I knew you wouldn't wait too long
The faithful servant at his post once more!
This man's done no wrong,
Dog Eats Dog And he needs a doctor's care.
Javert:
Thardier is picking through the corpses in the sewers. I warned you I would not give in
I won't be swayed
Thardier: Valjean:
Here's a hint of gold Another hour yet
Stuck into a tooth And then I'm yours
Pardon me M'sieur And all our debts are paid.
You won't be needing it no more. Javert:
Shouldn't be too hard to sell. The man of mercy comes again
Add it to the pile And talks of justice
Add it to the stock Valjean:
Here among the sewer rats Come, time is running short
A breath away from Hell Look down, Javert
You get accustomed to the smell. He's standing in his grave
Give way, Javert
Well someone's got to clean 'em up, my friends There is a life to save.
Bodies on the highway Javert: (overlapping):
Law and order upside down Take him Valjean,
Someone's got to collect their odds and ends Before I change my mind
As a service to the town! I will be waiting
Valjean arrives, carrying Marius, and collapses. 24601.
Thardier robs Marius. Valjean carries Marius off.
Here's a tasty ring
Pretty little thing
Wouldn't want to waste it Javert's Suicide
That would really be a crime
Thank you sir, I'm in your debt Javert walks the deserted streets until he comes to a
Here's another toy bridge over the river Seine.
Take it off the boy
His heart's no longer going Javert:
And he's lived his little time Who is this man?
But his watch is ticking yet! What sort of devil is he
To have me caught in a trap
Well, someone's got to clean them up, my friends And choose to let me go free?
Before the little harvest It was his hour at last
Disappears into the mud To put a seal on my fate
Someone's got to collect their odds and ends Wipe out the past
When the gutters run with blood. And wash me clean off the slate!
All it would take
It's a world where the dog eats the dog Was a flick of his knife.
Where they kill for bones in the street Vengeance was his
And God in His Heaven And he gave me back my life!
He don't interfere
'Cause he's dead as the stiffs at my feet Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief!
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 Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase.
I am the Law and the Law is not mocked
I'll spit his pity right back in his face
There is nothing on earth that we share
It is either Valjean or Javert!
How can I now allow this man
To hold dominion over me?
This desperate man whom I have hunted
He gave me my life. He gave me freedom.
I should have perished by his hand
It was his right.
It was my right to die as well
Instead I live... but live in hell.
And my thoughts fly apart
Can this man be believed?
Shall his sins be forgiven?
Shall his crimes be reprieved?
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?
All Women:
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 and round the roundabout and back where
you began.
Round and round and back where you began!
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables

And must I now begin to doubt, Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he is
back at the ABC cafe.
Who never doubted all these years?
My heart is stone and still it trembles Marius:
The world I have known is lost in shadow. There's a grief that can't be spoken.
Is he from heaven or from hell? There's a pain goes on and on.
And does he know Empty chairs at empty tables
That granting me my life today Now my friends are dead and gone.
This man has killed me even so?
Here they talked of revolution.
I am reaching, but I fall Here it was they lit the flame.
And the stars are black and cold Here they sang about `tomorrow'
As I stare into the void And tomorrow never came.
Of a world that cannot hold
I'll escape now from the world From the table in the corner
From the world of Jean Valjean. They could see a world reborn
There is nowhere I can turn And they rose with voices ringing
There is no way to go on.... I can hear them now!
He throws himself into the swollen river. The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lonely barricade at dawn.
Turning
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
Women: The ghosts of those who died on the barricade appear.
Did you see them That I live and you are gone.
Going off to fight? There's a grief that can't be spoken.
Children of the barricade There's a pain goes on and on.
Who didn't last the night?
Did you see them Phantom faces at the window.
Lying where they died? Phantom shadows on the floor.
Someone used to cradle them Empty chairs at empty tables
And kiss them when they cried. Where my friends will meet no more.
Did you see them lying side by side? The ghosts fade away.
Who will wake them?
No one ever will. Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
No one ever told them What your sacrifice was for
That a summer day can kill. Empty chairs at empty tables
They were schoolboys Where my friends will sing no more.
Never held a gun...
Fighting for a new world
That would rise up like the sun.
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Every Day

Time has passed. Suggest Marius convalescing, Marius:

encouraged by Cosette who takes his arm as he walks M'sieur, this is a day
with firmer step. I can never forget.
Is gratitude enough
Cosette: For giving me Cosette?
Every day Your home shall be with us
You walk with stronger step And not a day shall pass
You walk with longer step- But we will prove our love
`The worst is over.' To you, whom we shall call
Marius: A father to us both
Every day A father to us all.
I wonder every day Cosette leaves.
Who was it brought me here
From the barricade?
Cosette: Valjean's Confession
Don't think about it, Marius!
With all the years ahead of us! Valjean:
I will never go away Not another word my son,
And we will be together There's something now that must be done.
Every day. You've spoken from the heart
Every day, And I must do the same
We'll remember that night There is a story, sir,
And the vow that we made: Of slavery and shame
That you alone must know.
A heart full of love
A night full of you I never told Cosette
The words are old She had enough of tears
But always true. She's never known the truth-
Oh, God, for shame The story you must hear
You did not even know my name! Of years ago.
Marius:
Dear Mad'moiselle There lived a man whose name was Jean Valjean
I was lost in your spell. He stole some bread to save his sister's son.
Valjean enters, unnoticed. For nineteen winters served his time
In sweat he washed away his crime.
Cosette: Years ago
A heart full of love He broke parole and lived a life apart
No fear no regret How could he tell Cosette and break her heart?
`My name is Marius Pontmercy' It's for Cosette this must be faced
Marius: If he is caught she is disgraced
Cosette, Cosette! The time has come to journey on
Cosette: And from this day he must be gone
I saw you waiting and I knew. Who am I?
Marius: Who am I?
Waiting for you Marius:
At your feet You're Jean Valjean!
Cosette: What can I do
At your call That will turn you from this?
Both: Monsieur, you cannot leave.
And it wasn't a dream Whatever I tell my beloved Cosette
Not a dream after all She will never believe!
Valjean: (interjecting, to himself) Valjean:
She was never mine to keep. Make her believe
She is youthful, she is free. I have gone on a journey
Love is the garden of the young A long way away.
Let it be... let it be... Tell her my heart was too full for farewells
A heart full of love It is better this way.
This I give you on this day. Promise me, M'sieur, Cosette will never know...
They notice Valjean. Marius:
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 I give my word. Mme. Thardier:
Valjean: Pity to disturb you at a feast like this
...what I have spoken, why I must go. But five hundred francs surely wouldn't come
Marius: amiss.
For the sake of Cosette, it must be so. Marius:
In God's name say what you have to say.
Thardier:
The Wedding Chorale But first you pay!
What I saw, clear as light,
Marius and Cosette lead a wedding procession. Jean Valjean in the sewers that night.
Had this corpse on his back
Chorus: Hanging there like a bloody great sack.
Ring out the bells upon this day of days! I was there, never fear.
May all the angels of the Lord above Even found me this fine souvenir!
In jubilation sing their songs of praise! Thardier shows Marius a ring.
And crown this blessed time with peace and love. Marius:
The procession becomes a dancing celebration. A waltz I know this! This was mine!
is played. Surely this is some heavenly sign!
Thardier:
Major Domo: One thing more, mark this well
The Baron and Baroness de Thard wish to pay It was the night the barricades fell.
their Marius:
respects to the groom! Then it's true, then I'm right
Thardier: Jean Valjean was my savior that night!
I forget where we met Marius punches Thardier and then throws money at
Was it not at the Chateau Lafarge him.
Where the Duke did that puke As for you, take this too!
Down the Duchess's de-coll-etage? God forgive the things that we do.
Marius: Come my love, come Cosette,
No, `Baron de Thard' This day's blessings are not over yet!
The circles I move in are humbler by far. Marius and Cosette leave.
Go away, Thardier!
Do you think I don't know who you are?
Mme. Thardier: Beggars at the Feast
He's not fooled. Told you so.
Show M'sieur what you've come here to show. Thardier:
Tell the boy what you know! Ain't it a laugh?
Applause from the dancers as the waltz finishes. Ain't it a treat?
Marius: Hob-nobbin' here
When I look at you, I remember Eponine. Among the elite?
She was more than you deserved, who gave her Here comes a prince
birth There goes a Jew.
But now she is with God and happier, I hope, This one's a queer
Than here on earth! But what can you do?
The waltz starts up again. Paris at my feet
Thardier: Paris in the dust
So it goes, heaven knows And here's me breaking bread
Life has dealt me some terrible blows. With the upper crust!
Mme. Thardier:
You've got cash and a heart Beggar at the feast!
You could give us a bit of a start! Master of the dance!
We can prove, plain as ink Life is easy pickings
Your bride's father is not what you think. If you grab your chance.
Thardier: Everywhere you go
There's a tale I could tell Law-abiding folk
Mme. Thardier: Doing what is decent
Information we're willing to sell... But they're mostly broke!
Thardier: Singing to the Lord on Sundays
There's a man that he slew Praying for the gifts He'll send.
I saw the corpse clear as I'm seeing you! M. and Mme. Thardier:
What I tell you is true! But we're the ones who take it
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 We're the ones who make it in the end! Marius:
Watch the buggers dance It's you who must forgive a thoughtless fool
Watch 'em till they drop It's you who must forgive a thankless man
Keep your wits about you It's thanks to you that I am living
And you stand on top! And again I lay down my life at your feet.
Masters of the land
Always get our share Cosette, your father is a saint.
Clear away the barricades When they wounded me
And we're still there! He took me from the barricade
We know where the wind is blowing Carried like a babe
Money is the stuff we smell. And brought me home to you!
And when we're rich as Croesus Valjean: (to Cosette)
Jesus! Won't we see you all in hell! Now you are here
Again beside me
Now I can die in peace
For now my life is blessed...
Epilogue Cosette:
You will live, Papa, you're going to live
Valjean is alone in the shadows, with a bare wooden It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye!
cross for company. Valjean:
Yes, Cosette, forbid me now to die
Valjean: I'll obey,
Alone I wait in the shadows I will try.
I count the hours till I can sleep On this page
I dreamed a dream Cosette stood by I write my last confession.
It made her weep to know I die. Read it well
Alone at the end of the day When I at last am sleeping.
Upon this wedding night I pray It's the story
Take these children, my Lord, to thy embrace Of those who always loved you.
And show them grace. Your mother gave her life for you
Then gave you to my keeping.
God on high
Hear my prayer The other spirits, including Eponine appear.
Take me now
To thy care Fantine:
Where You are Come with me
Let me be Where chains will never bind you
Take me now All your grief
Take me there At last, at last behind you.
Bring me home Lord in Heaven,
Bring me home. Look down on him in mercy.
Fantine's spirit appears to Valjean. Valjean:
Forgive me all my trespasses
Fantine: Valjean: (interjecting) And take me to your glory.
M'sieur, I bless your name I am ready, Fantine and Eponine:
Fantine Take my hand
M'sieur, lay down your At the end of my And lead me to salvation.
burden days Take my love,
You raised my child in She's the best of For love is everlasting.
love my life. Valjean, Fantine, and Eponine:
And you will be with god And remember
The truth that once was spoken
Marius and Cosette rush into the room; they do not see To love another person
Fantine. Is to see the face of God!

Cosette:
Papa, Papa, I do not understand! Finale
Are you alright? They said you'd gone away.
Valjean: Chorus:
Cosette, my child, am I forgiven now? Do you hear the people sing
Thank God, thank God, I've lived to see this day. Lost in the valley of the night?
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It is the music of a 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 the plough-share,
They will put away the sword.
The 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
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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!
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...
Tomorrow comes!
The curtain falls.