"Who Am I? / The Trial" from "Les Misérables"

VALJEAN
He thinks that man is me
He knew him at a glance!
That stranger he has found
This man could be my chance!

Why should I save his hide?
Why should I right this wrong
When I have come so far
And struggled for so long?

If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!

I am the master of hundreds of workers.
They all look to me.
Can I abandon them?
How can they live
If I am not free?

If I speak, I am condemned.
If I stay silent, I am damned!

Who am I?
Can I condemn this man to slavery?
Pretend I do not see his agony?
This innocent who bears my face
Who goes to judgement in my place.
Who am I?
Can I conceal myself for evermore?
Pretend I'm not the man I was before?
And must my name until I die
Be no more than an alibi?
Must I lie?
How can I ever face my fellow men?
How can I ever face myself again?
My soul belongs to God, I know
I made that bargain long ago
He gave me hope when hope was gone
He gave me strength to journey on.
Who am I? Who am I?
I'm Jean Valjean!
And so, Javert, you see it's true
That man bears no more guilt that you!
Who am I?
24601!

"At the End of the Day" from "Les Misérables"

THE POOR
At the end of the day you're another day older
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor
It's a struggle, it's a war
And there's nothing that anyone's giving
One more day standing about, what is it for?
One day less to be living.

At the end of the day you're another day colder
And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill
And the righteous hurry past
They don't hear the little ones crying
And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill
One day nearer to dying!

At the end of the day there's another day dawning
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
Like the waves crash on the sand
Like a storm that'll break any second
There's a hunger in the land
There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and
There's gonna be hell to pay
At the end of the day!

FOREMAN
At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing
Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread

WORKER ONE
There are children back at home

WORKERS ONE AND TWO
And the children have got to be fed

WORKER TWO
And you're lucky to be in a job

WOMAN
And in a bed!

WORKERS
And we're counting our blessings!

WOMAN TWO
Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?
With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?

WOMAN THREE
It's because little Fantine won't give him his way

WOMAN ONE
Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands!

WOMAN FOUR
And the boss, he never knows
That the foreman is always in heat

WOMAN THREE
If Fantine doesn't look out
Watch how she goes
She'll be out on the street!

WORKERS
At the end of the day it's another day over
With enough in your pocket to last for a week
Pay the landlord, pay the shop
Keep on grafting as long as you're able
Keep on grafting till you drop
Or it's back to the crumbs off the table
You've got to pay your way
At the end of the day!

GIRL (Grabbing a letter from Fantine)
And what have we here, little innocent sister?
Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!

[Reading the letter]

Ooh..."Dear Fantine you must send us more money...
Your child needs a doctor...
There's no time to lose..."

FANTINE
Give that letter to me
It is none of your business
With a husband at home
And a bit on the side!
Is there anyone here
Who can swear before God
She has nothing to fear?
She has nothing to hide?

VALJEAN
Will someone tear these two apart
What is this fighting all about?
This is a factory, not a circus!
Now, come on ladies, settle down
I run a business of repute
I am the Mayor of this town
I look to you to sort this out
And be as patient as you can-

FOREMAN
Now someone say how this began!

GIRL
At the end of the day
She's the one who began it!
There's a kid that she's hiding
In some little town
There's a man she has to pay
You can guess how she picks up the extra
You can bet she's earning her keep
Sleeping around
And the boss wouldn't like it!

FANTINE
Yes it's true there's a child
And the child is my daughter
And her father abandoned us
Leaving us flat
Now she lives with an innkeeper man
And his wife
And I pay for the child
What's the matter with that?

WOMEN
At the end of the day
She'll be nothing but trouble
And there's trouble for all
When there's trouble for one!
While we're earning our daily bread
She's the one with her hands in the butter
You must send the slut away
Or we're all gonna end in the gutter
And it's us who'll have to pay
At the end of the day!

FOREMAN
I might have known the bitch could bite
I might have known the cat had claws
I might have guessed your little secret
Ah yes, the virtuous Fantine
Who keeps herself so pure and clean
You'd be the cause I had no doubt
Of any trouble hereabout
You play a virgin in the light
But need no urgin' in the night.

GIRL
She's been laughing at you
While she's having her men

WOMEN
She'll be nothing but trouble again and again

WOMAN
You must sack her today

WORKERS
Sack the girl today!

FOREMAN
Right my girl. On your way!

Cast of "Les Misérables"

Jean Valjean - Male - Tenor - 40 to 60 - Lead
Javert - Male - Baritone - 40 to 60 - Lead
Fantine - Female - Mezzo - 21 to 30 - Lead
Éponine - Female - Belt - 14 to 21 - Lead
Marius - Male - Tenor - 20 to 28 - Lead
Cosette - Female - Soprano - 18 to 25 - Lead
Young Cosette - Female - Mezzo - 6 to 12 - Supporting
Madame Thénardier - Female - Mezzo - 35 to 55 - Supporting
Thénardier - Male - Tenor - 38 to 56 - Supporting
Gavroche - Male - Tenor - 9 to 16 - Supporting
Enjolras - Male - Tenor - 21 to 28 - Cameo
Bishop - Male - Baritone - 35 to 70 - Cameo

Book by Claude-Michel Schönberg, Alain Boubil, Trevor Nunn, John Caird
Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyrics byAlain Boubil, Jean-Marc Natel
English Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer

*Note from The Girl In the Hat: The French version is much more emotional and more accurate to the book, but only if one speaks French.

"On My Own" from "Les Misérables"

ÉPONINE:
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 them 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 me 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
Forever 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 everyday I'm learning
All my life I've only been pretending
Without me his world will go on turning
The 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

"I Dreamed a Dream" from "Les Misérables"

FANTINE:
I dreamed a dream in time gone by
When hope was high and life worth living.
I dreamed that love would never die.
I dreamed that God would be forgiving.

Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted.
There was no ransom to be paid,
No song unsung, no wine untasted.

But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder.
As they tear your hope apart,
As they turn your dream to shame.

He slept a summer by my side.
He filled my days with endless wonder.
He took my childhood in his stride.
But he was gone when autumn came.

And still I dreamed he'd come to me,
That we would live the years together.
But there are dreams that cannot be,
And there are storms we cannot weather.

I had a dream my life would be
So diff'rent from this hell I'm living,
So diff'rent now from what it seemed.
Now life has killed the dream I dreamed.

"Do You Hear the People Sing?" from "Les Misérables"

ENJOLRAS
Do you hear the people sing,
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums,
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes.

COMBEFERRE
Will you join in our crusade?
Who will be strong and stand with me?
Beyond the barricade
Is the a world you long to see?
Then join in the fight
That will give you the right to be free!

CHORUS
Do you hear the people sing,
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums,
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

FEUILLY
Will you give all you can give
So that our banner may advance?
Some will fall and some will live.
Will you stand up and take your chance?
The blood of the martyrs
Will water the meadows of France!

CHORUS
Do you hear the people sing,
Singing the song of angry men?
It is the music of a people
Who will not be slaves again!
When the beating of your heart
Echoes the beating of the drums,
There is a life about to start
When tomorrow comes!

"Castle On a Cloud" from "Les Misérables"

COSETTE
There is a castle on a cloud.
I like to go there in my sleep.
Aren't any floors for me to sweep,
Not in my castle on a cloud.

There is a room that's full of toys.
There are a hundred boys and girls.
Nobody shouts or talks too loud,
Not in my castle on a cloud.

There is a lady all in white,
Holds me and sings a lullaby
She's nice to see and she's soft to touch.
She says, "Cosette, I love you very much."

I know a place where no one's lost.
I know a place where no one cries.
Crying at all is not allowed,
Not in my castle on a cloud.

"Bring Him Home" from "Les Misérables"

VALJEAN
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 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.

"A Little Fall of Rain" from "Les Misérables"

ÉPONINE
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 close your wounds with words of love.

ÉPONINE
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.

ÉPONINE
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'seiur Marius,
I don't feel any pain.
A little fall of rain
Can hardly hurt me now.

MARIUS
I'm here.

ÉPONINE
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 . . .

MARIUS
Grow.