(Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he is back at the ABC cafe) MARIUS There’s a grief that can’t be spoken. There’s a pain goes on and on. Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone. Here they talked of revolution. Here it was they lit the flame. Here they sang…
WOMAN ONE Did you see them Going off to fight?WOMAN TWO Children of the barricade Who didn’t last the night? WOMAN THREE Did you see them Lying where they died? Someone used to cradle them And kiss them when they cried. WOMAN FOUR Did you see them lying side by side? WOMAN FIVE Who will…
JAVERT 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…
(Thenardier is picking through the corpses in the sewers) THENARDIER 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…
(Valjean is standing over Marius at the barricade) VALJEAN God on high Hear my prayer In my need You have always been there He is young He’s afraid Let him rest Heaven blessed. Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home. He’s like the son I might have known If God had granted me…
EPONINE Don’t you fret, M’sieur Marius I don’t feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt me now You’re here, that’s all I need to know And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close And rain will make the flowers grow. MARIUS But you will live, ‘Ponine –…
(The defenders settle down for the night with wine and a song) ENJOLRAS Marius, rest. FEUILLY Drink with me to days gone by Sing with me the songs we knew PROUVAIRE Here’s to pretty girls who went to our heads. JOLY Here’s to witty girls who went to out beds. ALL Here’s to them and…
Enjolras: Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade. Marius: Let them come in their legions, and they will be met. Enjolras: Have faith in yourselves, and do not be afraid. Rebel: Let’s give ’em a screwing they’ll never forget! Rebel: This is where it begins, and if I should die in the fight to…
(Enjolras is addressing the revolutionaries) Enjolras: Here upon theses stones we will build our barricade In the heart of the city we claim as our own Each man to his duty and don’t be afraid Wait! I will need a report on the strength of the foe (Disguised as a rebel) Javert: I can find…
And now i’m all alone again, Nowhere to go, no one to turn to. Did not want your money sir, Came out here cuz i was told to. And now the night is near, Now i can make believe he’s here.Sometimes i walk alone at night When everybody else is sleeping. I think of him,…