Prologue Lyrics

Combufree: At Notre Dame The sections are prepared! Fuelly: At rue de Bac They're straining at the leash! Couferac: Students, workers, everyone There's a river on the run Like the ...Read Full Lyrics

[Valjean and Young Cosette arrive at the now empty inn, hand in hand.] Valjean I found her wandering in the wood This little child, I found her trembling in the shadows And I am h...Read Full Lyrics

[Javert] There, out in the darkness A fugitive running Fallen from God Fallen from grace God be my witness I never shall yield Till we come face to face Till we come face to face ...Read Full Lyrics

Eponine 'Parnasse, what are you doing So far out of our patch? Montparnasse This house, we're going to do it Rich man, plenty of scratch You remember he's the one Who got away the...Read Full Lyrics

Suddenly I see Suddenly it starts When two anxious hearts Beat as one. Yesterday I was alone Today you walk beside me Something still unclear Something not yet here Has begun. Sudd...Read Full Lyrics

Beggers: Look down and see the beggers at your feet Look down and show some mercy if you can Look down and see the sweepings of the street Look down, look down, upon your fello man...Read Full Lyrics

Valjean: 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, to say goodbye Valje...Read Full Lyrics

[Enjolras gives Valjean a gun.] Enjolras Take this and use it well! But if you shoot us in the back, You'll never live to tell. Random Voices Platoon of sappers advancing toward ...Read Full Lyrics

Army Officer [from beyond the barricade] 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? ...Read Full Lyrics

[Thenardier assembling his gang.] Thenardier Everyone here, you know your place Brujon, Babet, Claqusous You, Montparnasse, watch for the law With Eponine, take care. You turn on ...Read Full Lyrics