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Post by Shindou on Jun 5, 2008 11:28:30 GMT -5
Dog Eats Dog(Thénardier 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 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!(Valjean arrives, carrying MARIUS. VALJEAN collapses) (THENARDIER robs Marius) 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) VALJEAN 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.JAVERT I warned you I would not give in I won't be swayedVALJEAN Another hour yet And then I'm yours And all our debts are paid.JAVERT The man of mercy comes again And talks of justiceVALJEAN Come, time is running short Look down, Javert He's standing in his grave Give way, Javert There is a life to save.JAVERT(overlapping) Take him Valjean, Before I change my mind I will be waiting 24601.(Valjean carries Marius off)
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Post by Shindou on Jun 5, 2008 11:33:09 GMT -5
Javert's Suicide(Javert walks the deserted streets until he comes to a bridge over the river Seine) 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 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....(He throws himself into the swollen river)
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Post by Shindou on Jun 5, 2008 11:43:02 GMT -5
Turning- Woman #1
- Woman #2
- Woman #3
- Woman #4
- Woman #5
- Woman #6
- Woman #7
- Woman #8
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 wake them?WOMAN SIX No one ever will.WOMAN TWO No one ever told them That a summer day can kill.WOMAN SEVEN They were schoolboys Never held a gun... Fighting for a new world That would rise up like the sun.WOMAN THREE Where's that new world now the fighting's done?WOMAN FOUR Nothing changes.WOMAN SEVEN Nothing ever will.WOMAN EIGHT Every year another brat, another mouth to fill.WOMAN SEVEN Same old story. What's the use of tears?WOMAN FIVE What's the use of praying if there's nobody who hears?ALL 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 about the roundabout and back where you began. Round and round and back where you began!
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Post by Shindou on Jun 5, 2008 11:46:25 GMT -5
Empty Chairs at Empty Tables(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 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(The ghosts of those who died on the barricade appear) 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.(The ghosts fade away) 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.
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Post by Shindou on Jun 5, 2008 11:50:52 GMT -5
Wedding Chorale/Beggers At the Feast- Chorus
- Major Domo
- Thenardier
- Mme. Thenardier
(Marius and Cosette lead a wedding procession) CHORUS 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 procession becomes a dancing celebration. A waltz is played) MAJOR DOMO The Baron and Baroness de Thénard wish to pay their respects to the groom! THENARDIER 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.M. & MME. THENARDIER 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!
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Post by Shindou on Jun 6, 2008 11:39:12 GMT -5
Finale
- Valjean
- Cosette
- Fantine
- Eponine
- Chorus
VALJEAN(to Cosette) Now you are here Again beside me Now I can die in peace For now my life is blessed...
COSETTE You will live, Papa, you're going to live It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye!
VALJEAN Yes, Cosette, forbid me now to die I'll obey, I will try. On this page I write my last confession. Read it well When I at last am sleeping. It's the story Of those who always loved you. Your mother gave her life for you Then gave you to my keeping.
(The other spirits, including Eponine appear)
FANTINE Come with me Where chains will never bind you All your grief At last, at last behind you. Lord in Heaven, Look down on him in mercy.
VALJEAN Forgive me all my trespasses And take me to your glory.
FANTINE & EPONINE Take my hand And lead me to salvation. Take my love, For love is everlasting.
VALJEAN, FANTINE & EPONINE And remember The truth that once was spoken To love another person Is to see the face of God!
CHORUS 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!
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