Upon These Stones – Building the Barricade
Enjolras:
Here upon these 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.
Javert: (disguised as a rebel)
I can find out the truth
I know their ways
Fought their wars
Served my time
In the days
Of my youth.
Prouvaire:
Now the people will fight
Grantaire:
And so they might
Dogs will bark
Fleas will bite.
Lesgles:
They will do what is right!
Marius:
Hey, little boy, what’s this I see?
God, Eponine, the things you do!
Eponine:
I know this is no place for me,
Still, I would rather be with you!
Marius:
Get out before the trouble starts.
Get out, ‘Ponine, you might get shot!
Eponine:
I’ve got you worried now, I have
That shows you like me quite a lot!
Marius:
There is a way that you can help
You are the answer to a prayer!
Please take this letter to Cosette
And pray to God that she’s still there!
Eponine:
Little you know!
Little you care!
Eponine:
I have a letter M’sieur
It’s addressed to your daughter, Cosette
It’s from a boy at the barricade, Sir,
In the Rue de Villette.
Valjean:
Give me that letter here, my boy.
Eponine:
He said to give it to Cosette
Valjean:
You have my word that my daughter will know
What this letter contains.
Tell the young man she will read it tomorrow
And here’s for your pains
Go careful now, stay out of sight
There’s danger in the streets tonight.
“Dearest Cosette, you have entered my soul
And soon you will be gone.
Can it be only a day since we met
And the world was reborn?
If I should fall in the battle to come
Let this be my goodbye…
Now that I know you love me as well
It is harder to die…
I pray that god will bring me home
To be with you.
Pray for your Marius. He prays for you!”
On My Own
Eponine:
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.
Upon These Stones – At the Barricade
Students:
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 don’t be afraid
Grantaire:
Let’s give ’em a screwing
That they’ll never forget!
Combeferre:
This is where it begins!
Courfeyrac:
And if I should die in the fight to be free
Where the fighting is hardest
There will I be
Feuilly:
Let them come if they dare
We’ll be there!
Javert’s Arrival
Army Officer: (offstage, with a loud-bailer)
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!
Enjolras:
Damn their warnings, damn their lies
They will see the people rise!
Students:
Damn their warnings, damn their lies
They will see the people rise!
Javert:
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.
Enjolras:
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
Javert:
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.
Little People
Gavroche:
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!
Grantaire:
Bravo, little Gavroche, you’re the top of the class!
Prouvaire:
So what are we going to do
With this snake in the grass?
Enjolras:
Tie this man and take him
To the tavern in there
The people will decide your fate
Inspector Javert!
Courfeyrac:
Take the bastard now and shoot him!
Feuilly:
Let us watch the devil dance!
Lesgles:
You’d have done the same, Inspector,
If we’d let you have your chance!
Javert:
Shoot me now or shoot me later
Every schoolboy to his sport
Death to each and every traitor
I renounce your people’s court!
Combeferre:
Though we may not all survive here
There are things that never die
Grantaire:
What’s the difference, die a schoolboy,
Die a policeman, die a spy?
Enjolras:
Take this man, bring him through
There is work we have to do!
Joly: There’s a boy climbing the barricade!
Marius:
Good God! What are you doing?
‘Ponine, have you no fear?
Have you seen my beloved?
Why have you come back here?
Eponine:
Took the letter like you said
I met her father at the door
He said he would give it
Don’t think I can stand any more.
Marius:
Eponine, what’s wrong? I feel…
There’s something wet upon your hair
Eponine, you’re hurt
You need some help!
Oh God, it’s everywhere….
A Little Fall of Rain
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 – dear God above,
If I could heal your wounds with words of love.
Eponine:
Just hold me now, and let it be.
Shelter me, comfort me
Marius:
You would live a hundred years
If I could show you how
I won’t desert you now…
Eponine:
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
| Eponine: So don’t you fret, M’sieur Marius I don’t feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt me now |
Marius: (in counterpoint) Hush-a-bye, dear Eponine, You won’t feel any pain A little fall of rain Can hardly hurt you now |
| Marius: I’m here Eponine: That’s all I need to know |
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| Eponine: And you will keep me safe And you will keep me close |
Marius: (in counterpoint) I will stay with you Till you are sleeping |
Eponine:
And rain…
Marius:
And rain…
Eponine:
Will make the flowers…
Marius:
Will make the flowers… grow…
Enjolras:
She is the first to fall
The first of us to fall upon this barricade
Marius:
Her name was Eponine
Her life was cold and dark, yet she was unafraid.
Combeferre:
We fight here in her name
Prouvaire:
She will not die in vain.
Lesgles:
She will not be betrayed.
Night of Anguish
Joly:
Here comes a man in uniform
What brings you to this place?
Valjean:
I come here as a volunteer
Joly:
Approach and show your face.
Sentry:
You wear an army uniform.
Valjean:
That’s why they let me through.
Joly:
You’ve got some years behind you sir.
Valjean:
There’s much that I can do.
Joly:
You see that prisoner over there?
Grantaire:
A volunteer like you!
Combeferre:
A spy who calls himself Javert!
Grantaire:
He’s going to get it too…
Sentry:
They’re getting ready to attack!
Enjolras:
Take this and use it well!
But if you shoot us in the back,
You’ll never live to tell.
First Attack
Student 1:
Platoon of sappers advancing toward the barricade!
Student 2:
Troops behind them, fifty men or more!
Enjolras:
Fire!
Feuilly: Sniper!
Lesgles:
See how they turn and run!
Grantaire:
And so the war was won!
Enjolras:
They will be back again,
Make an attack again.
(To Valjean.)
For your presence of mind
For the deed you have done
I will thank you M’sieur
When our battle is won.
Valjean:
Give me no thanks M’sieur
There is something you can do.
Enjolras:
If it is in my power.
Valjean:
Give me the spy Javert
Let me take care of him!
Javert:
The law is inside out
The world is upside down
Enjolras:
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.
Valjean:We meet again.
Javert:
You’ve hungered for this all your life;
Take your revenge!
How right you should kill with a knife!
Valjean:
You talk too much,
Your life is safe in my hands.
Javert: Don’t understand
Valjean: Get out of here.
Javert: Valjean, take care!
I’m warning you…
Valjean: Clear out of here.
Javert:
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!
Valjean:
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.
Enjolras:
Courfeyrac, you take the watch
They won’t attack until it’s light
Everybody stay awake
We must be ready for the fight
For tomorrow’s fight
Let no one sleep tonight!
Drink With Me
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 our beds.
All:
Here’s to them and here’s to you!
Grantaire:
Drink with me to days gone by
Can it be you fear to die?
Will the world remember you
When you fall?
Can it be your life
Means nothing at all?
Will your death be one more lie?
All:
Drink with me to days gone by
To the life that used to be
Women: At the shrine of friendship, never say die
Men: Let the wine of friendship never run dry
All: Here’s to you and here’s to me
Marius:
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?