Prologue/Look Down Lyrics

Song	Prologue/Look Down
Artist	Claude-Michel Schönberg
Album	Les Misérables Live! Dream the Dream 2010 Cast Album (25th Anniversary)
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[01:06.22]	#Prisoners# Look down, look down
[01:08.75]	Don't look 'em in the eye
[01:11.50]	Look down, look down
[01:14.12]	You're here until you die
[01:16.93]	#Prisoner 1# The sun is strong
[01:19.59]	It's hot as hell below
[01:22.53]	#Prisoners# Look down, look down,
[01:24.79]	There's twenty years to go
[01:27.60]	#Prisoner 2# I've done no wrong!
[01:30.34]	Sweet Jesus hear my prayer!
[01:33.10]	#Prisoners# Look down, look down
[01:35.66]	Sweet Jesus doesn't care
[01:38.62]	#Prisoner 3# I know she'll wait
[01:40.93]	I know that she'll be true!
[01:43.99]	#Prisoners# Look down, look down
[01:46.80]	They've all forgotten you
[01:49.43]	#Prisoner 4# When I get free you won't see me
[01:52.56]	Here for dust!
[01:55.11]	#Prisoners# Look down, look down
[01:57.62]	Don't look 'em in the eye
[02:00.50]	#Prisoner 5# How long O Lord
[02:02.99]	Before you let me die?
[02:05.82]	#Prisoners# Look down, look down,
[02:08.43]	You'll always be a slave
[02:11.19]	Look down, look down,
[02:13.88]	You're standing in your grave
[02:16.39]
[02:17.39]	#Javert# Now bring me prisoner 24601
[02:19.83]	Your time is up
[02:20.70]	And your parole's begun
[02:22.20]	You know what that means
[02:23.64]	#Valjean# Yes, it means I'm free
[02:26.63]	#Javert# NO!
[02:27.69]	It means you get
[02:28.51]	Your yellow ticket-of-leave
[02:30.06]	You are a thief
[02:31.09]	#Valjean# I stole a loaf of bread!
[02:32.28]	#Javert# You robbed a house!
[02:33.65]	#Valjean# I broke a window pane!
[02:37.92]	My sister's child was close to death
[02:40.74]	And we were starving!
[02:42.18]	#Javert# And you will starve again
[02:43.42]	Unless you learn the meaning of the law.
[02:46.12]	#Valjean# I know the meaning of those 19 years
[02:49.24]	A slave of the law
[02:53.81]	#Javert# Five years for what you did
[02:55.99]	The rest because you tried to run
[02:58.05]	Yes 24601
[03:00.12]	#Valjean# My name is Jean Valjean
[03:03.06]	#Javert# And I am Javert
[03:05.56]	Do not forget my name
[03:08.19]	Do not forget me
[03:10.57]	24601 24601
[03:14.20]	#Prisoners# Look down, look down
[03:16.70]	You will always be a slave
[03:19.58]	Look down, look down
[03:22.21]	You're standing in your grave.
[03:24.92]
[03:40.36]	#Valjean# Freedom is mine. The earth is still
[03:45.84]	I feel the wind. I breathe again.
[03:50.71]	And the sky clears, the world is waking.
[04:00.25]	Drink from the pool. How clean the taste
[04:05.23]	Never forget the years, the waste.
[04:14.11]	They are the guilty, everyone.
[04:19.00]	The day begins...
[04:20.86]	And now let's see
[04:22.62]	What this new world
[04:23.76]	Will do for me!
[04:27.32]
[04:38.20]	#Farmer# You'll have to go
[04:39.20]	I'll pay you off for the day
[04:40.73]	Collect your bits and pieces there
[04:41.90]	And be on your way.
[04:43.84]	#Valjean# You've given me half
[04:44.83]	What the other men get!
[04:46.34]	This handful of tin
[04:47.22]	Wouldn't buy my sweat!
[04:48.84]	#Laborer# You broke the law
[04:49.78]	It's there for people to see
[04:51.15]	Why should you get the same
[04:52.28]	As honest men like me?
[04:53.29]	Right
[04:55.04]
[04:56.85]	#Valjean# Now every door is closed to me
[04:58.30]	Another jail, another key, another chain
[05:01.40]	For when I come to any town
[05:02.58]	They check my papers
[05:03.46]	And they find the mark of Cain
[05:05.71]	In their eyes, I see their fear:
[05:09.71]	`We do not want you here.'“
[05:14.11]
[05:26.39]	#Innkeeper's Wife# My rooms are full
[05:27.64]	And I've no supper to spare
[05:29.51]	I'd like to help a stranger
[05:30.84]	All we want is to be fair
[05:33.33]	#Valjean# I will pay in advance
[05:33.60]	I can sleep in a barn
[05:35.55]	You see how dark it is
[05:36.73]	I'm not some kind of dog!
[05:38.48]	#Innkeeper# You leave my house
[05:39.55]	Or feel the weight of my rod
[05:40.98]	We're law-abiding people here
[05:42.94]	Thanks be to God.
[05:44.39]
[05:58.88]	#Valjean# And now I know how freedom feels
[06:00.66]	The jailer always at your heels
[06:01.85]	It is the law!
[06:03.35]	This piece of paper in my hand
[06:04.60]	That makes me cursed throughout the land
[06:05.92]	It is the law!
[06:07.48]	Like a cur
[06:08.98]	I walk the street
[06:11.98]	The dirt beneath my feet.
[06:16.10]
[06:20.42]	#Bishop# Come in, Sir, for you are weary
[06:25.11]	And the night cold is out there.
[06:29.70]	Though our lives are very humble
[06:33.27]	What we have, we have to share.
[06:39.14]	There is wine here to revive you,
[06:43.47]	There is bread to make you strong,
[06:47.78]	There's a bed to rest till morning,
[06:51.10]	Rest from pain, and rest from wrong.
[06:55.19]
[06:58.33]	#Valjean# He let me eat my fill
[06:59.51]	I had the lion's share
[07:01.84]	The silver in my hand
[07:03.15]	Cost twice what I had earned
[07:05.66]	In all those nineteen years
[07:07.28]	That life time of despair
[07:09.90]	And yet he trusted me.
[07:13.92]	The old fool trusted me
[07:15.67]	He's done his bit of good
[07:17.55]	I played the grateful serf
[07:18.95]	And thanked him like I should
[07:21.76]	But when the house was still,
[07:22.95]	I got up in the night
[07:26.04]	Took the silver
[07:27.78]	Took my flight!
[07:33.65]
[07:43.15]	#Constable 1# Tell his reverence your story.
[07:44.75]	#Constable 2# Let us see if he's impressed.
[07:46.88]	#Constable 1#You were lodging here last night.
[07:48.69]	#Constable 2#You were the honest Bishop's guest.
[07:50.82]	#Constable 1#And than out of Christian goodness.
[07:52.75]	#Constable 2#When he learned about your plight
[07:54.73]	#Constable 1#You mantain he made a present of this sliver
[07:58.47]	#Bishop# That is right.
[08:00.28]	But my friend you left so early
[08:03.20]	Surley something slipped your mind.
[08:06.14]	You forgot I gave these also.
[08:09.07]	Would you leave the best behind?
[08:13.32]	So, Messieurs, you may release him
[08:16.76]	For this man has spoken true.
[08:19.26]	I commend you for your duty
[08:22.02]	And God's blessing go with you.
[08:25.83]
[08:29.02]	But remember this, my brother
[08:33.90]	See in this some higher plan.
[08:38.86]	You must use this precious silver
[08:42.55]	To become an honest man.
[08:48.24]	By the witness of the martyrs
[08:52.50]	By the Passion and the Blood
[08:56.56]	God has raised you out of darkness
[09:00.27]	I have bought your soul for God!

[01:06.22]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[01:08.75]	Don' t look ' em in the eye
[01:11.50]	Look down, look down
[01:14.12]	You' re here until you die
[01:16.93]	Prisoner 1 The sun is strong
[01:19.59]	It' s hot as hell below
[01:22.53]	Prisoners Look down, look down,
[01:24.79]	There' s twenty years to go
[01:27.60]	Prisoner 2 I' ve done no wrong!
[01:30.34]	Sweet Jesus hear my prayer!
[01:33.10]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[01:35.66]	Sweet Jesus doesn' t care
[01:38.62]	Prisoner 3 I know she' ll wait
[01:40.93]	I know that she' ll be true!
[01:43.99]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[01:46.80]	They' ve all forgotten you
[01:49.43]	Prisoner 4 When I get free you won' t see me
[01:52.56]	Here for dust!
[01:55.11]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[01:57.62]	Don' t look ' em in the eye
[02:00.50]	Prisoner 5 How long O Lord
[02:02.99]	Before you let me die?
[02:05.82]	Prisoners Look down, look down,
[02:08.43]	You' ll always be a slave
[02:11.19]	Look down, look down,
[02:13.88]	You' re standing in your grave
[02:16.39]
[02:17.39]	Javert Now bring me prisoner 24601
[02:19.83]	Your time is up
[02:20.70]	And your parole' s begun
[02:22.20]	You know what that means
[02:23.64]	Valjean Yes, it means I' m free
[02:26.63]	Javert NO!
[02:27.69]	It means you get
[02:28.51]	Your yellow ticketofleave
[02:30.06]	You are a thief
[02:31.09]	Valjean I stole a loaf of bread!
[02:32.28]	Javert You robbed a house!
[02:33.65]	Valjean I broke a window pane!
[02:37.92]	My sister' s child was close to death
[02:40.74]	And we were starving!
[02:42.18]	Javert And you will starve again
[02:43.42]	Unless you learn the meaning of the law.
[02:46.12]	Valjean I know the meaning of those 19 years
[02:49.24]	A slave of the law
[02:53.81]	Javert Five years for what you did
[02:55.99]	The rest because you tried to run
[02:58.05]	Yes 24601
[03:00.12]	Valjean My name is Jean Valjean
[03:03.06]	Javert And I am Javert
[03:05.56]	Do not forget my name
[03:08.19]	Do not forget me
[03:10.57]	24601 24601
[03:14.20]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[03:16.70]	You will always be a slave
[03:19.58]	Look down, look down
[03:22.21]	You' re standing in your grave.
[03:24.92]
[03:40.36]	Valjean Freedom is mine. The earth is still
[03:45.84]	I feel the wind. I breathe again.
[03:50.71]	And the sky clears, the world is waking.
[04:00.25]	Drink from the pool. How clean the taste
[04:05.23]	Never forget the years, the waste.
[04:14.11]	They are the guilty, everyone.
[04:19.00]	The day begins...
[04:20.86]	And now let' s see
[04:22.62]	What this new world
[04:23.76]	Will do for me!
[04:27.32]
[04:38.20]	Farmer You' ll have to go
[04:39.20]	I' ll pay you off for the day
[04:40.73]	Collect your bits and pieces there
[04:41.90]	And be on your way.
[04:43.84]	Valjean You' ve given me half
[04:44.83]	What the other men get!
[04:46.34]	This handful of tin
[04:47.22]	Wouldn' t buy my sweat!
[04:48.84]	Laborer You broke the law
[04:49.78]	It' s there for people to see
[04:51.15]	Why should you get the same
[04:52.28]	As honest men like me?
[04:53.29]	Right
[04:55.04]
[04:56.85]	Valjean Now every door is closed to me
[04:58.30]	Another jail, another key, another chain
[05:01.40]	For when I come to any town
[05:02.58]	They check my papers
[05:03.46]	And they find the mark of Cain
[05:05.71]	In their eyes, I see their fear:
[05:09.71]	We do not want you here.'"
[05:14.11]
[05:26.39]	Innkeeper' s Wife My rooms are full
[05:27.64]	And I' ve no supper to spare
[05:29.51]	I' d like to help a stranger
[05:30.84]	All we want is to be fair
[05:33.33]	Valjean I will pay in advance
[05:33.60]	I can sleep in a barn
[05:35.55]	You see how dark it is
[05:36.73]	I' m not some kind of dog!
[05:38.48]	Innkeeper You leave my house
[05:39.55]	Or feel the weight of my rod
[05:40.98]	We' re lawabiding people here
[05:42.94]	Thanks be to God.
[05:44.39]
[05:58.88]	Valjean And now I know how freedom feels
[06:00.66]	The jailer always at your heels
[06:01.85]	It is the law!
[06:03.35]	This piece of paper in my hand
[06:04.60]	That makes me cursed throughout the land
[06:05.92]	It is the law!
[06:07.48]	Like a cur
[06:08.98]	I walk the street
[06:11.98]	The dirt beneath my feet.
[06:16.10]
[06:20.42]	Bishop Come in, Sir, for you are weary
[06:25.11]	And the night cold is out there.
[06:29.70]	Though our lives are very humble
[06:33.27]	What we have, we have to share.
[06:39.14]	There is wine here to revive you,
[06:43.47]	There is bread to make you strong,
[06:47.78]	There' s a bed to rest till morning,
[06:51.10]	Rest from pain, and rest from wrong.
[06:55.19]
[06:58.33]	Valjean He let me eat my fill
[06:59.51]	I had the lion' s share
[07:01.84]	The silver in my hand
[07:03.15]	Cost twice what I had earned
[07:05.66]	In all those nineteen years
[07:07.28]	That life time of despair
[07:09.90]	And yet he trusted me.
[07:13.92]	The old fool trusted me
[07:15.67]	He' s done his bit of good
[07:17.55]	I played the grateful serf
[07:18.95]	And thanked him like I should
[07:21.76]	But when the house was still,
[07:22.95]	I got up in the night
[07:26.04]	Took the silver
[07:27.78]	Took my flight!
[07:33.65]
[07:43.15]	Constable 1 Tell his reverence your story.
[07:44.75]	Constable 2 Let us see if he' s impressed.
[07:46.88]	Constable 1 You were lodging here last night.
[07:48.69]	Constable 2 You were the honest Bishop' s guest.
[07:50.82]	Constable 1 And than out of Christian goodness.
[07:52.75]	Constable 2 When he learned about your plight
[07:54.73]	Constable 1 You mantain he made a present of this sliver
[07:58.47]	Bishop That is right.
[08:00.28]	But my friend you left so early
[08:03.20]	Surley something slipped your mind.
[08:06.14]	You forgot I gave these also.
[08:09.07]	Would you leave the best behind?
[08:13.32]	So, Messieurs, you may release him
[08:16.76]	For this man has spoken true.
[08:19.26]	I commend you for your duty
[08:22.02]	And God' s blessing go with you.
[08:25.83]
[08:29.02]	But remember this, my brother
[08:33.90]	See in this some higher plan.
[08:38.86]	You must use this precious silver
[08:42.55]	To become an honest man.
[08:48.24]	By the witness of the martyrs
[08:52.50]	By the Passion and the Blood
[08:56.56]	God has raised you out of darkness
[09:00.27]	I have bought your soul for God!

[01:06.22]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[01:08.75]	Don' t look ' em in the eye
[01:11.50]	Look down, look down
[01:14.12]	You' re here until you die
[01:16.93]	Prisoner 1 The sun is strong
[01:19.59]	It' s hot as hell below
[01:22.53]	Prisoners Look down, look down,
[01:24.79]	There' s twenty years to go
[01:27.60]	Prisoner 2 I' ve done no wrong!
[01:30.34]	Sweet Jesus hear my prayer!
[01:33.10]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[01:35.66]	Sweet Jesus doesn' t care
[01:38.62]	Prisoner 3 I know she' ll wait
[01:40.93]	I know that she' ll be true!
[01:43.99]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[01:46.80]	They' ve all forgotten you
[01:49.43]	Prisoner 4 When I get free you won' t see me
[01:52.56]	Here for dust!
[01:55.11]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[01:57.62]	Don' t look ' em in the eye
[02:00.50]	Prisoner 5 How long O Lord
[02:02.99]	Before you let me die?
[02:05.82]	Prisoners Look down, look down,
[02:08.43]	You' ll always be a slave
[02:11.19]	Look down, look down,
[02:13.88]	You' re standing in your grave
[02:16.39]
[02:17.39]	Javert Now bring me prisoner 24601
[02:19.83]	Your time is up
[02:20.70]	And your parole' s begun
[02:22.20]	You know what that means
[02:23.64]	Valjean Yes, it means I' m free
[02:26.63]	Javert NO!
[02:27.69]	It means you get
[02:28.51]	Your yellow ticketofleave
[02:30.06]	You are a thief
[02:31.09]	Valjean I stole a loaf of bread!
[02:32.28]	Javert You robbed a house!
[02:33.65]	Valjean I broke a window pane!
[02:37.92]	My sister' s child was close to death
[02:40.74]	And we were starving!
[02:42.18]	Javert And you will starve again
[02:43.42]	Unless you learn the meaning of the law.
[02:46.12]	Valjean I know the meaning of those 19 years
[02:49.24]	A slave of the law
[02:53.81]	Javert Five years for what you did
[02:55.99]	The rest because you tried to run
[02:58.05]	Yes 24601
[03:00.12]	Valjean My name is Jean Valjean
[03:03.06]	Javert And I am Javert
[03:05.56]	Do not forget my name
[03:08.19]	Do not forget me
[03:10.57]	24601 24601
[03:14.20]	Prisoners Look down, look down
[03:16.70]	You will always be a slave
[03:19.58]	Look down, look down
[03:22.21]	You' re standing in your grave.
[03:24.92]
[03:40.36]	Valjean Freedom is mine. The earth is still
[03:45.84]	I feel the wind. I breathe again.
[03:50.71]	And the sky clears, the world is waking.
[04:00.25]	Drink from the pool. How clean the taste
[04:05.23]	Never forget the years, the waste.
[04:14.11]	They are the guilty, everyone.
[04:19.00]	The day begins...
[04:20.86]	And now let' s see
[04:22.62]	What this new world
[04:23.76]	Will do for me!
[04:27.32]
[04:38.20]	Farmer You' ll have to go
[04:39.20]	I' ll pay you off for the day
[04:40.73]	Collect your bits and pieces there
[04:41.90]	And be on your way.
[04:43.84]	Valjean You' ve given me half
[04:44.83]	What the other men get!
[04:46.34]	This handful of tin
[04:47.22]	Wouldn' t buy my sweat!
[04:48.84]	Laborer You broke the law
[04:49.78]	It' s there for people to see
[04:51.15]	Why should you get the same
[04:52.28]	As honest men like me?
[04:53.29]	Right
[04:55.04]
[04:56.85]	Valjean Now every door is closed to me
[04:58.30]	Another jail, another key, another chain
[05:01.40]	For when I come to any town
[05:02.58]	They check my papers
[05:03.46]	And they find the mark of Cain
[05:05.71]	In their eyes, I see their fear:
[05:09.71]	We do not want you here.'"
[05:14.11]
[05:26.39]	Innkeeper' s Wife My rooms are full
[05:27.64]	And I' ve no supper to spare
[05:29.51]	I' d like to help a stranger
[05:30.84]	All we want is to be fair
[05:33.33]	Valjean I will pay in advance
[05:33.60]	I can sleep in a barn
[05:35.55]	You see how dark it is
[05:36.73]	I' m not some kind of dog!
[05:38.48]	Innkeeper You leave my house
[05:39.55]	Or feel the weight of my rod
[05:40.98]	We' re lawabiding people here
[05:42.94]	Thanks be to God.
[05:44.39]
[05:58.88]	Valjean And now I know how freedom feels
[06:00.66]	The jailer always at your heels
[06:01.85]	It is the law!
[06:03.35]	This piece of paper in my hand
[06:04.60]	That makes me cursed throughout the land
[06:05.92]	It is the law!
[06:07.48]	Like a cur
[06:08.98]	I walk the street
[06:11.98]	The dirt beneath my feet.
[06:16.10]
[06:20.42]	Bishop Come in, Sir, for you are weary
[06:25.11]	And the night cold is out there.
[06:29.70]	Though our lives are very humble
[06:33.27]	What we have, we have to share.
[06:39.14]	There is wine here to revive you,
[06:43.47]	There is bread to make you strong,
[06:47.78]	There' s a bed to rest till morning,
[06:51.10]	Rest from pain, and rest from wrong.
[06:55.19]
[06:58.33]	Valjean He let me eat my fill
[06:59.51]	I had the lion' s share
[07:01.84]	The silver in my hand
[07:03.15]	Cost twice what I had earned
[07:05.66]	In all those nineteen years
[07:07.28]	That life time of despair
[07:09.90]	And yet he trusted me.
[07:13.92]	The old fool trusted me
[07:15.67]	He' s done his bit of good
[07:17.55]	I played the grateful serf
[07:18.95]	And thanked him like I should
[07:21.76]	But when the house was still,
[07:22.95]	I got up in the night
[07:26.04]	Took the silver
[07:27.78]	Took my flight!
[07:33.65]
[07:43.15]	Constable 1 Tell his reverence your story.
[07:44.75]	Constable 2 Let us see if he' s impressed.
[07:46.88]	Constable 1 You were lodging here last night.
[07:48.69]	Constable 2 You were the honest Bishop' s guest.
[07:50.82]	Constable 1 And than out of Christian goodness.
[07:52.75]	Constable 2 When he learned about your plight
[07:54.73]	Constable 1 You mantain he made a present of this sliver
[07:58.47]	Bishop That is right.
[08:00.28]	But my friend you left so early
[08:03.20]	Surley something slipped your mind.
[08:06.14]	You forgot I gave these also.
[08:09.07]	Would you leave the best behind?
[08:13.32]	So, Messieurs, you may release him
[08:16.76]	For this man has spoken true.
[08:19.26]	I commend you for your duty
[08:22.02]	And God' s blessing go with you.
[08:25.83]
[08:29.02]	But remember this, my brother
[08:33.90]	See in this some higher plan.
[08:38.86]	You must use this precious silver
[08:42.55]	To become an honest man.
[08:48.24]	By the witness of the martyrs
[08:52.50]	By the Passion and the Blood
[08:56.56]	God has raised you out of darkness
[09:00.27]	I have bought your soul for God!

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