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  • Act II

  • "In the barricades the revolutionary students pledge themselves to their fight"

  • "Marius sends a letter to Cosette with Eponine"

  • "Eponine walks the streets of Paris"

  • And now I'm all alone again Nowhere to turn, no one to go to

  • Without a home, without a friend Without a face to say hello to

  • And now the night is near Now I can make believe he's here

  • Sometimes I walk alone at night When everybody else is sleeping

  • I think of him and then I'm happy With the company I'm keeping

  • The city goes to bed And I can live inside my head

  • On my own Pretending he's beside me

  • All alone, I walk with him till morning

  • Without him I feel his arms around me

  • And when I lose my way I close my eyes And he has found me

  • In the rain the pavement shines like silver

  • All the lights are misty in the river

  • In the darkness, the trees are full of starlight

  • And all I see is him and me for ever and forever

  • And I know it's only in my mind

  • That I'm talking to myself and not to him

  • And although I know that he is blind Still I say, there's a way for us

  • I love him But when the night is over

  • He is gone, the river's just a river

  • Without him the world around me changes

  • The trees are bare and everywhere The streets are full of strangers

  • I love him But every day I'm learning

  • All my life I've only been pretending

  • Without me his world will go on turning

  • A world that's full of happiness That I have never known!

  • I love him I love him

  • I love him

  • But only on my own

  • "Eponine joins Marius at the barricades"

  • "At the barricades"

  • "The revolutionary students are ready for the battle"

  • Red - the blood of angry men! Black - the dark of ages past!

  • Red - a world about to dawn! Black - the night that ends at last!

  • Now we pledge ourselves to hold this barricade

  • Let them come in their legions And they will be met

  • Have faith in yourselves And don't be afraid

  • Let's give 'em a screwing That they'll never forget!

  • - This is where it begins! - And if I should die in the fight to be free

  • Where the fighting is hardest There will I be

  • Let them come if they dare We'll be there!

  • You at the barricade listen to this!

  • No one is coming to help you to fight You're on your own

  • You have no friends Give up your guns - or die!

  • Damn their warnings, damn their lies

  • They will see the people rise!

  • Damn their warnings, damn their lies They will see the people rise!

  • Listen my friends I have done as I said

  • I have been to their lines I have counted each man

  • I will tell what I can

  • Better be warned They have armies to spare And the danger is real

  • We will need all our cunning To bring them to heel

  • Have faith If you know what their movements are

  • We'll spoil their game There are ways that a people can fight We shall overcome their power

  • I have overheard their plans There will be no attack tonight

  • They intend to starve us out Before they start a proper fight

  • Concentrate their force Hit us from the right

  • Liar!

  • Good evening, dear inspector Lovely evening, my dear

  • I know this man, my friends His name is Inspector Javert

  • So don't believe a word he says 'Cause none of it's true

  • This only goes to show What little people can do!

  • And little people know When little people fight

  • We may look easy pickings But we'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 up!

  • Bravo, little Gavroche, you're the top of the class!

  • So what are we going to do With this snake in the grass?

  • Tie this man and take him To the tavern in there

  • The people will decide your fate Inspector Javert!

  • - Take the bastard now and shoot him! - Let us watch the devil dance!

  • You'd have done the same, Inspector If we'd let you have your chance!

  • Take this man, bring him through There is work we have to do!

  • "Eponine is deadly wounded"

  • 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

  • But you will live, 'Ponine - dear God above

  • If I could heal your wounds with words of love

  • Just hold me now, and let it be

  • Shelter me, comfort me

  • You would live a hundred years If I could show you how

  • - I won't desert you now... - The rain can't hurt me now

  • This rain will wash away what's past

  • And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close

  • I'll sleep in your embrace at last

  • The rain that brings you here Is Heaven-blessed!

  • The skies begin to clear And I'm at rest

  • A breath away from where you are I've come home from so far

  • - So don't you fret, M'sieur Marius - Hush-a-bye, dear Eponine

  • - I don't feel any pain - You won't feel any pain

  • A little fall of rain

  • - Can hardly hurt me now - Can hardly hurt you now

  • - I'm here - That's all I need to know

  • - I will stay with you till you are sleeping - And you will keep me safe and you will keep me close

  • And rain...

  • Will make the flowers...

  • Grow...

  • "Eponine dies"

  • She is the first to fall The first of us to fall upon this barricade

  • Her name was Eponine Her life was cold and dark

  • Yet she was unafraid

  • - We fight here in her name - She will not die in vain

  • She will not be betrayed

  • Here comes a man in uniform What brings you to this place?

  • - I come here as a volunteer - Approach and show your face

  • - You wear an army uniform - That's why they let me through

  • - You've got some years behind you sir - There's much that I can do

  • - You see that prisoner over there? - A volunteer like you!

  • - A spy who calls himself Javert! - He's going to get it too...

  • They're getting ready to attack!

  • Take this and use it well! But if you shoot us in the back You'll never live to tell

  • - Platoon of sappers advancing toward the barricade! - Troops behind them, fifty men or more!

  • Fire!

  • - See how they run away! - By God we've won the day!

  • They will be back again Make an attack again

  • For your presence of mind For the deed you have done

  • I will thank you M'sieur When our battle is won

  • Give me no thanks M'sieur There is something you can do

  • If it is in my power

  • Give me the spy Javert Let me take care of him!

  • The law is inside out The world is upside down

  • Do what you have to do The man belongs to you

  • The enemy may be regrouping Hold yourself in readiness

  • Come my friends, back to your positions

  • The night is falling fast

  • - We meet again - You've hungered for this all your life

  • Take your revenge! How right you should kill with a knife!

  • You talk too much Your life is safe in my hands

  • "Valjean cuts the ropes which bind Javert"

  • - Don't understand - Get out of here

  • Valjean, take care! I'm warning you...

  • Clear out of here

  • Once a thief, forever a thief What you want you always steal!

  • You would trade your life for mine Yes, Valjean, you want a deal!

  • Shoot me now for all I care!

  • If you let me go, beware You'll still answer to Javert!

  • You are wrong, and always have been wrong I'm a man, no worse than any man

  • You are free, and there are no conditions No bargains or petitions

  • There's nothing that I blame you for You've done your duty, nothing more

  • If I come out of this alive, you'll find me At number fifty-five Rue Plumet

  • No doubt our paths will cross again

  • Go!

  • "Valjean fires his gun into the air, Javert leaves quickly"

  • "The night fall at he barricades"

  • Drink with me to days gone by

  • Sing with me the songs we knew

  • Here's to pretty girls who went to our heads

  • Here's to witty girls who went to our beds

  • Here's to them and here's to you!

  • Drink with me to days gone by

  • Can it be, you fear to die?

  • Will the world remember you When you fall?

  • Could it be your death Means nothing at all?

  • Is your life just one more lie?

  • Drink with me to days gone by

  • To the life that used to be

  • At the shrine of friendship, never say die

  • Let the wine of friendship never run dry

  • Here's to you and here's to me

  • Do I care if I should die Now she goes across the sea?

  • Life without Cosette Means nothing at all

  • Would you weep, Cosette Should Marius fall?

  • Will you weep, Cosette For me?

  • "Valjean prays for Marius"

  • God on high Hear my prayer

  • In my need You have always been there

  • He is young He's afraid

  • Let him rest Heaven blessed

  • Bring him home Bring him home Bring him home

  • He's like the son I might have known

  • If God had granted me a son

  • The summers die One by one

  • How soon they fly On and on

  • And I am old And will be gone

  • Bring him peace Bring him joy

  • He is young He is only a boy

  • You can take You can give

  • Let him be Let him live

  • If I die, let me die

  • Let him live Bring him home

  • Bring him home

  • Bring him home

  • "Dawn at the barricades"

  • 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!

  • "All at the barricade are killed, except Marius, who is wounded and unconscious, and Valjean"

  • "Valjean discovers that Marius is still alive and carries him down into the sewers to escape"

  • "Javert climbs over the barricade looking for Valjean's body

  • "Not finding it, he realizes that Valjean must be in the sewers"

  • "So he goes off to where Valjean must emerge"

  • "Thenardier is picking through the corpses in the sewers"

  • 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

  • Well someone's got to clean 'em up, my friends Bodies on the highway

  • Law and order upside down

  • Someone's got to collect their odds and ends

  • As a service to the town!

  • Here's a tasty ring Pretty little thing

  • Wouldn't want to waste it That would really be a crime

  • Thank you sir, I'm in your debt

  • Here's 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!

  • Well, someone's got to clean them up, my friends Before the little harvest disappears into the mud

  • Someone's got to collect their odds and ends When the gutters run with blood

  • It's a world where the dog eats the dog

  • 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!

  • "He turns over Valjean's body, recognizes him, and leaves. "

  • " Eventually, Valjean picks up Marius again and walks through the sewers. As they emerge, they meet Javert."

  • 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

  • Take him Valjean, before I change my mind. I will be waiting

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  • "Valjean carries Marius off"

  • Who is this man? What sort of devil is he?

  • To have me caught in a trap And choose to let me go free?

  • It was his hour at last To put a seal on my fate

  • Wipe out the past And wash me clean off the slate!

  • All it would take Was a flick of his knife

  • Vengeance was his And he gave me back my life!

  • Damned if I'll live in the debt of a thief!

  • Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase

  • I am the Law and the Law is not mocked I'll spit his pity right back in his face

  • There is nothing on earth that we share It is either Valjean or Javert!

  • How can I now allow this man To hold dominion over me?

  • This desperate man 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?

  • And must I now begin to doubt Who never doubted all these years?

  • My heart is stone and still it trembles

  • The world I have known is lost in shadow Is he from heaven or from hell?

  • And does he know That granting me my life today

  • This man has killed me even so?

  • I am reaching, but I fall

  • And the stars are black and cold

  • As I stare into the void

  • Of a world that cannot hold

  • I'll escape now from the world From the world of Jean Valjean

  • There is nowhere I can turn There is no way to go on...

  • "Javert throws himself into the swollen river Sena"

  • "The women of Paris mourn their lost loved ones"

  • Did you see them Going off to fight?

  • Children of the barricade Who didn't last the night?

  • Nothing changes, nothing ever will

  • Every year another brat, another mouth to fill

  • Same old story, what's the use of tears?

  • What's the use of praying if there's nobody who hears?

  • Turning, turning, turning, turning, turning Through the years

  • Turning, turning, turning through the years

  • Minutes into hours and the hours into years

  • Nothing changes, nothing ever can

  • Round and round the roundabout and back where you began

  • Round and round and back where you began!

  • "Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he's back at the ABC cafe"

  • There's a grief that can't be spoken There's a pain goes on and on

  • Empty chairs at empty tables Now my friends are dead and gone

  • Here they talked of revolution Here it was they lit the flame

  • Here they sang about `tomorrow' And tomorrow never came

  • From the table in the corner They could see a world reborn

  • And they rose with voices ringing I can hear them now!

  • The very words that they had sung Became their last communion

  • On the lonely barricade at dawn

  • Oh my friends, my friends forgive me

  • That I live and you are gone There's a grief that can't be spoken

  • There's a pain goes on and on

  • Phantom faces at the window Phantom shadows on the floor

  • Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will meet no more

  • Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me What your sacrifice was for

  • Empty chairs at empty tables Where my friends will sing no more

  • "Cosette arrives to help Marius in his recovery"

  • 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 heart full of love A night full of you

  • The words are old But always true

  • Oh, God, for shame You did not even know my name!

  • Dear Mad'moiselle I was lost in your spell

  • - A heart full of love - She was never mine to keep

  • - No fear no regret - She is youthful, she is free

  • - `My name is Marius Pontmercy' - Cosette, Cosette!

  • - I saw you waiting and I knew - Love is the garden of the young

  • - Waiting for you - Let it be

  • - At your feet - At your call - Let it be

  • - And it wasn't a dream - A heart full of love

  • - Not a dream after all - This I give you on this day

  • "Valjean tells Marius of his past and explains that he has to leave"

  • "Marius and Cosette lead a wedding procession"

  • 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

  • "The Baron and Baroness de Thenard wish to pay their respects to the groom"

  • Ain't it a laugh? Ain't it a treat?

  • Hob-nobbin' here Among the elite?

  • Here comes a prince There goes a Jew

  • This one's a queer But what can you do?

  • Paris at my feet Paris in the dust

  • And here's me breaking bread With the upper crust!

  • Beggar at the feast! Master of the dance!

  • Life is easy pickings If you grab your chance

  • Everywhere you go Law-abiding folk

  • Doing what is decent But they're mostly broke!

  • Singing to the Lord on Sundays Praying for the gifts He'll send

  • But we're the ones who take it We're the ones who make it in the end!

  • Watch the buggers dance Watch 'em till they drop

  • Keep your wits about you

  • And you stand on top!

  • Masters of the land Always get our share

  • Clear away the barricades And we're still there!

  • We know where the wind is blowing Money is the stuff we smell

  • And when we're rich as Croesus Jesus! Won't we see you all in hell!

  • "Valjean is alone in the shadows, with a bare wooden cross for company"

  • Alone I wait in the shadows I count the hours till I can sleep

  • I dreamed a dream Cosette stood by It made her weep to know I die

  • Alone at the end of the day Upon this wedding night I pray

  • Take these children, my Lord, to thy embrace and show them grace

  • God on high

  • Hear my prayer

  • Take me now

  • To thy care

  • Where You are

  • Let me be

  • Take me now

  • Take me there

  • Bring me home

  • Bring me home

  • "Fantine's spirit appears to Valjean"

  • - M'sieur, I bless your name - I am ready, Fantine

  • - M'sieur, lay down your burden - At the end of my days

  • - You raised my child in love - She's the best of my life

  • And you will be with God

  • "Marius and Cosette rush into the room"

  • Papa, papa, I do not understand! Are you alright? They said you'd gone away

  • Cosette, my child, am I forgiven now? Thank God, thank God, I've lived to see this day

  • 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!

  • Now you are here Again beside me

  • Now I can die in peace For now my life is blessed...

  • You will live, Papa, you're going to live It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye!

  • 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

  • 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

  • Forgive me all my trespasses And take me to your glory

  • Take my hand And lead me to salvation

  • Take my love For love is everlasting

  • And remember The truth that once was spoken

  • To love another person Is to see the face of God!

  • Do you hear the people sing Lost in the valley of the night?

  • 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 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!

  • END OF THE SECOND ACT

  • END.

Act II

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