Chain Gang: Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye
Look down, look down 
You're here until you die. 
The sun is strong
It's hot as hell bellow. 
Look down, look down
There's twenty years to go. 
Prisoner 1: I've done no wrong, 
Sweet jesus hear my prayer. 
Chain Gang: Look down, look down, 
Sweet Jesus doesn't care. 
Prisoner 2: I know she'll wait, 
I know that she'll be true. 
Chain Gang: Look down, look down, 
They've all forgotten you. 
Prisoner 3: When I get free 
You won't see me, 
Here for dust. 
CG: Look down, look down
Don't look 'em in the eye.
Prisoner 4: How long oh Lord, 
Before you let me die? 
CG: Look down, look down 
You'll always be a slave
Look down, look down 
You're standing in your grave. 
Javert: Now bring me prisoner 24601, 
Your time is up and your payrole's begun. 
Do you know what that means? 
Valjean: Yes, it means I'm free. 
Javert: No. It means you get your yellow ticket of leave. 
You are a thief. 
Valjean: I stole a loaf of bread. 
Javert: You robbed a house!
Valjean: I broke a window pane. 
My sister's child was close to death 
And we were starving. 
Javert: You will starve again 
Unless you learn the meaning of the law. 
Valjean: I know the meaning of those 19 years,
A slave, of the law. 
Javert: Five years for what you did, 
The rest because you tried to run, yes 24601.
Valjean: My name is Jean Valjean!
Javert: And I am Javert!
Do not forget my name, 
Do not forget me 24601. 

Javert: Tell me quicky 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 whores and vipers, 
Let one speak who saw it all, 
Who laid hands on this good man here, 
What's the substance of this brawl? 
Bamatabois:Javert would you believe it, 
I was crossing from the park, 
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 assured Monsier 
That she will answer to the court. 
Fantine: There's a child who sorely needs me, 
Please Monsier 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 explaination 
Save your breath and save your tears. 
Honest work, just reward
That's the way you'll please the Lord. 

Javert: Can this be true? 
I don't believe what I see. 
A man your age to be as strong as you are... 
A memory stirs, you make me think of a man
From years ago. A man who broke is parolle 
He disappeared. 
Forgive me sir, I would not dare. 
Valjean: Say what you must, Don't leave it there. 
Javert: I have only known one other, 
Who can do what you have done 
He's a convict from the chain 
And he's been ten years on the run. 
But he couldn't run for ever, 
We have found his hideaway, 
And he's just been rearrested 
And he comes to court today. 
Well of course he now denies it, 
You'd expect that from 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 going to trial 
And that he's sure to be returned to serve his sentence?
Come to that, can you be sure 
That I am not your man? 
Javert: I have known the thief for ages
Tracked him down through thick and thin
And to make the matter certain 
There's the brand upon his skin. 
He will bend, he will break, 
This time there is no mistake. 

Javert: Valjean, at last
We see each other plain, 
M'Sier le Mayor, 
You wear a different chain. 

Valjean: Before you say another word Javert, 
Before you chain me up like a slave again
Listen to me, there is something I must do. 
This woman leaves behind a suffering child
There is none but me who can intercede
In mercy's name, three days are all I need. 
Then I'll return, I pledge my word .
Then I'll return... 
Javert: You must think me mad! 
I've hunted you across the years,
Men like you can never change.
A man, such as you.

Javert: Another brawl in the square
Another stink in the air!
Was there a witness to this?
Well, let him speak to Javert!
M'sier the streets are not safe,
But let these vermin beware
We'll see that justice is done!

Look upon this fine collection
Crawled from underneath a stone
This swarm of worms and maggots,
Could have picked you to the bone!
I know this man over here
I know his name and his trade
And on your witness M'sier
We'll see him suitably paid.

But where's the gentleman gone?
And why on earth did he run?

Thenardier: You will have a job to catch him.
He's the one you should arrest!
No more bourgeois when you scratch him
Than that brand upon his chest!

Javert: Could it be he's some old jailbird 
That the tide now washes in?
Heard my name and started running
Had the brand upon his skin!
And the girl who stood beside him
When I turned they both had gone.
Could he be the man I've hunted?
Could it be he's Jean Valjean? 

Thenardier: In the absence of a victim, 
Dear Inspector, may I go?
And remember when you've nicked 'im
It was me who told you so!

Javert: Let the old man keep on running
I will run him off his feet!
Everyone about your business!
Clear this garbage off the street!

Stars

There, out in the darkness
A fugitive running 
Fallen from God, 
Fallen from grace. 
God be my witness
I never shall yield
Till we come face to face
Till we come face to face.
He knows his way in the dark
But mine is the way of the Lord.
And those who do follow the path of the righteous
Shall have their reward. 
And if they fall as Lucifer fell,
The flame, the sword ! 
Stars, in your multitudes
Scarce to be counted
Filling the darkness 
With order and light. 
You are the sentinels
Silent and sure 
Keeping watch in the night
Keeping watch in the night. 
You know your place in the sky
You hold your course & your aim 
And each in your season returns and returns
And is always the same. 
And if you fall as Lucifer fell, 
You fall in flame !
And so it must be, and so it it written
On the doorway to paradise
That those who falter and those who fall
Must pay the price. 
Lord let me find him
That I may see him 
Safe behind bars. 
I will never rest
Till then, this I swear
This I swear by the stars! 

Valjean: One day more !
Another day another destiny 
This neverending road to calvary
These men who seem to know my crime 
Will surely come a second time
One day more!

Marius: I did not live until today, 
How can I live when we are parted. 
Valjean: One day More.
Marius & Cosette: Tomorrow you'll be worlds away, 
And yet with you my world has started. 

Eponine: One more day all on my own
Marius & Cosette: Will we ever meet again?
Eponine: One more day with him not caring
Marius & Cosette:I was born to be with you.
Eponine:What a life I might have known.
Marius & Cosette:And I swear I will be true!
Eponine:But he never saw me there!

Enjolras:One more day before the storm!
Marius: Do I follow where she goes?
Enjolras:At the barricades of freedom!
Marius:Shall I join my brothers there?
Enjolras:When our ranks begin to form
Marius:Do I stay and do I dare?
Enjolras: Will you take your place with me?
Chorus: The time is now the day is here
Valjean: One day more!
Javert: One more day to revolution 
We will nip it in the bud
We'll be ready for these  school boys
They will wet them selves with blood!
Valjean: One day more!
Mme. & M. Thenardier: Watch 'em run amuck 
Catch 'em as they fall 
Never know your luck when there's a free for all! 
Here a little dip there a little touch 
Most of them are gonners so they won't miss much!
Rebel Students: One day to a new beginning 
Raise the flag of freedom high! 
Everyman will be a king 
Every man will be a king! 
There's a new world for the winning
There's a new world to be won! 
Do you hear the people sing?
Marius: My place is here 
My fight with you!
Valjean:One day more!
Marius & Cosette: I did not live untill today.
How can I live when we are parted?
Javert: I will join these people's heros
I will follow where they go
I will learn their little secrets
I will know the things they know.
Eponine: One more day all on my own!
Valjean:One day more!
Marius & Cosette: Tomorrow you'll be worlds away
And yet with you my world has started. 
Javert:One more day to revolution
We will nip it in the bud
We'll be ready for these schoolboys. 
Thenardiers:Watch 'em run amuck
Catch 'em as they fall
Never know your luck when there's a free for all 
Valjean:Tomorrow will be far away
tomorrow is the judgement day!
tomorrow is the judgement day!
Javert: Tomorrow is the judgement day!
All: Tomorrow we'll discover what our God in Heaven has in store! 
One more dawn 
One more day 
One day more!

Javert: I can find out the truth
I know their ways
Fought their wars
Served my time
In the days
Of my youth! 

[Later] 

Javert: Listen my friends I have done as I said 
I have beaten their lines
I have counted each man 
I will tell what I can! 
Better be warned they have armies to spare 
And our danger is real 
We will need all our cunning to bring them to heel!
Enjorlas: Have faith! 
If you know what their movements are we can 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 propper fight, 
concentrate their force 
hit us from the right

Javert: You've hungered for this all your life. 
Take your revenge, 
How right you should kill with a knife. 
Valjean: You talk too much, 
Your life is safe in my hands. 
Javert: I don't understand. 
Valjean: Get out of here. 
Javert: Valjean take care, I'm warning you... 
Valjean: Clear out of here. 
Javert: Once a thief forever a thief
What you want you always steal 
You would trade your life for mine? 
Yes Valjean you want a deal. 
Shoot me now for all I care 
If you let me go, beware.
You'll still answer to Javert. 
Valjean: You are wrong 
And always have been wrong. 
I am a man, no worse than any man
You are free, and there are no conditions
No bargains or petitions 
There is nothing that I blame you for. 
You've done your duty, nothing more. 
If I come out of this alive, you will find me at number 55 Rue Plumet 
No doubt our paths will cross again.

Valjean:  It's you Javert, I knew you wouldn't wait too long. 
The faithful servant at his post once more. 
This man's done no wrong and he needs a doctor's care. 
Javert: I warned you I would not give in 
I will not be swayed. 
Valjean: Another hour yet, and then I'm yours
And all our debts are paid. 
Javert: A man of mercy comes again, and talks of justice!
Valjean: Look down, Javert
He's standing in his grave!
Give way, Javert 
There is a life to save!
Javert: Take him Valjean before I change my mind, 
I will be waiting 24601! 

Who is this man 
What sort of devil is he, 
To have me caught in a trap 
And choose to let me go free?
It was his hour at last to put a seal on my fate
Wipe out the past
And wash me clean off the slate! 
All it would take was a flick of his knife
Vengence was his and he gave me back my life. 
Damned if I'll live in the debt of the a thief
Damned if I'll yield at the end of the chase
I am the law and the law is not mocked!
I spit his pity right back in his face
There is nothing on earth that we share. 
It is either Valjean or Javert. 

How can I now allow this man
To hold dominion over me? 
This desperate man whom I have hunted
He gave me my life, he gave me freedom. 
Is he from heaven or from hell? 
And does he know, 
That granting me my life today
This man has killed me
Even so. 
I am reaching but I fall 
And the stars are black and cold. 
As I stare into the void
Of a world that cannot hold. 
I'll escape now from that world
From the world of Jean Valjean 
There is no where I can turn 
There is no way to go on!