Alain Boublil - Overture/Work Song lyrics

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Alain Boublil - Overture/Work Song lyrics

Prisoners: Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye Look down, look down, You're here until you die Solo Prisoner: The sun is strong It's hot as hell below Prisoners: Look down, look down, There's twenty years to go Solo Prisoner: I've done no wrong! Sweet Jesus hear my prayer! Prisoners: Look down, look down, Sweet Jesus doesn't care Solo Prisoner: I know she'll wait, I know that she'll be true! Prisoners: Look down, look down, They've all forgotten you Solo Prisoner: When I get free ya won't see me Here for dust! Prisoners: Look down, look down Don't look 'em in the eye Solo Prisoner: How long O Lord Before you let me die? Prisoners: Look down, look down, You'll always be a slave Look down, look down, You're standing in your grave Javert: Bring me prisoner 24601 Your time is up And your parole's begun You know what that means Valjean: Yes, it means I'm free! Javert: NO! It means you get your yellow ticket-of-leave You are a thief Valjean: I stole a loaf of bread! Javert: You robbed a house! Valjean: I broke a window pane! My sister's child was close to d**h And we were starving! Javert: And you will starve again Unless you learn the meaning of the law. Valjean: I know the meaning of these nineteen years A slave of the law Javert: Five years for what you did The rest because you tried to run Yes 24601 Valjean: My name is Jean Valjean Javert: And I am Javert Do not forget my name Do not forget me 24601 Chorus: Look down, look down You'll always be a slave Look down, look down, You're standing in your grave. (Valjean leaves the prison and begins walking) Valjean: Freedom is mine. The Earth is still. I feel the wind. I breathe again. And the sky clears, the world is waiting. Drink from the pool. How clean the taste Never forget the years, the waste. Nor forgive them, for what they've done. They are the guilty, everyone. The day begins... and now let's see What this new world Will do for me! (Valjean finds work at a nearby farm) Farmer: You'll have to go I'll pay you off for the day Collect your bits and pieces there And be on your way. Valjean: You've given me half What the other men get! This handful of tin Wouldn't buy my sweat! Laborer: You broke the law It's there for people to see! Why should you get the same As honest men like me? (Valjean continues on his way) Valjean: Now every door is closed to me Another jail, another key, another chain For when I come to any town They check my papers And they find the mark of Cain In their eyes, I see their fear: 'We do not want you here.' (Valjean reaches an inn) Innkeeper's Wife: My rooms are full And I've no supper to spare I'd like to help a stranger All we want is to be fair Valjean: I will pay in advance I can sleep in a barn You see how dark it is I'm not some kind of dog! Innkeeper: You leave my house Or feel the weight of my rod We're law-abiding people here Thanks be to God. (Valjean is thrown out) Valjean: And now I know how freedom feels The jailer always at your heels It is the law! This piece of paper in my hand That makes me cursed throughout the land It is the law! Like a cur I walk the street The dirt beneath their feet. (Valjean reaches the home of the Bishop of Digne, who emerges) Bishop: Come in, Sir, for you are weary And the night is cold out there. Though our lives are very humble What we have, we have to share. There is wine here to revive you, There is bread to make you strong, There's a bed to rest till morning, Rest from pain, and rest from wrong. Valjean: He let me eat my fill I had the lions share The silver in my hand Cost twice what I had earned In all those nineteen years That lifetime of despair And yet he trusted me. The old fool trusted me - He's done his bit of good I played the grateful serf And thanked him like I should But when the house was still, I got up in the night Took the silver Took... my... flight! (Taking the silver, Valjean runs away and is shortly brought back by two officers)

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