LES MISERABLES lyrics : "Fantine's Arrest"
I don't want you
No, no, M'sieur, let me go
BAMBATOIS
"You've got some nerve, you little !@#%
You've got some gall"
By Christ you'll pay for what you have done
I guarantee, I'll make you suffer
FANTINE
I beg you, don't report me sir
I'll do whatever you may want
BAMBATOIS
Make your excuse to the police!
JAVERT
Tell me quickly what's the story
Who saw what and why and where
Let him give a full description
Let him answer to Javert!
In this nest of !@^%s and vipers
Let one speak who saw it all
Who laid hands on this good man here?
What's the substance of this brawl?
BAMBATOIS
Javert, would you believe it
I was lost here in the dark
When this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark
JAVERT
She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report
You may rest $$#ured, M'sieur,
She will answer to the court
FANTINE
There's a child who sorely needs me
Please M'sieur, she's but that high
Holy God, is there no mercy?
If I go to jail she'll die!
JAVERT
I have heard such protestations
Every day for twenty years
Let's have no more explanations
Save your breath and save your tears
Honest work, just report,
That's the way to please the Lord.
VALJEAN
A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman's tale
Javert
But M'sieur Mayor!
VALJEAN
You've done your duty
Let her be
She needs a doctor, not a jail
JAVERT
M'sieur le Mayor
FANTINE
Can this be?
VAJEAN
Where will she end -
This child without a friend?
I've seen your face before
Show me some way to help you
How have you come to grief
In a place such as this?
FANTINE
M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray
It's hard enough I've lost my pride
You let your foreman send me away
Yes, you were there, and turned aside
I never did no wrong
VALJEAN
Is it true, what I have done?
FANTINE
My daughter's close to dying
JEAN VALJEAN
To an innocent soul?
FANTINE
If there's a God above
JEAN VALJEAN
Had I only known then
FANTINE
He'd let me die instead
VALJEAN
In His name
My task has just begun
I will see it done
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