JAVERT

Monsieur le Mayor

I have a crime to declare


I have disgraced

The uniform that I wear




I've don you wrong

Let no forgiveness be shown

I've been as hard


On every rogue I have known



I mistook you for a convict


I have made a false report

Now I learn they've caught the culprit

He's about to face the court


An of course he know denies it

You'd expect that of a con


But he couldn't run forever

No, not even Jean Valjean


VALJEAN

You say this man denies it all
And gives no sign of understanding or repentance?

You say this man is go to trial
And that he's sure to be returned to serve his sentence?



JAVERT

He will pay

And so must I


Press charges against me, Sir

VALJEAN 



You have only done your duty
It's a minor sin at most
All of us have been mistaken

You'll return, Sir, to your post

They think that man is me

They 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
How can I abandon them?

How would 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 feel 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 your honour, you see it's true
That man bears no more guilt than you!

Who am I?
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