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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....