LES MISERABLES lyrics : "At the End of the Day"
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 bum doesn't buy any bread
FACTORY WOMAN 4
There are children back at home
FACTORY WOMAN 2
And the children have got to be fed
FACTORY WOMAN 7
And you're lucky to be in a job
FORMAN
And in a bed!
FACTORY GIRL 8
And we're counting our blessings!
FACTORY GIRL 1
Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?
With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?
FACTORY WOMAN 3
It's because little Fantine won't give him his way
FACTORY WOMAN 5
Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands!
FACTORY WOMAN 2
And the boss, he never knows
That the foreman is always in heat
FACTORY WOMAN 1
If Fantine doesn't look out
Watch how she goes
She'll be out on the street!
FACTORY WOMEN
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 working as long as you're able
Keep on working 'til 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!
FACTORY GIRL 1
And what have we here, little innocent sister?
Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!
"Dearest 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 am the Mayor of this town
I run a business of repute
"Deal with this Foreman, be as patient as you can."
FOREMAN
Now someone say how this began!
FACTORY GIRL 5
At the end of the day
She's the one who began it!
FACTORY GIRL 1
There's a kid that she's hiding
In some little town
FACTORY GIRL 5
There's a man she has to pay
FACTORY GIRL 1
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?
FACTORY 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 !@#% 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 (*##$ 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.
FACTORY WOMAN 1
She's been laughing at you
While she's having her men
FACTORY WOMEN
She'll be nothing but trouble again and again
FACTORY WOMAN 5
You must sack her today
FACTORY WOMEN
Sack the girl today!
FOREMAN
Right my girl
On your way
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