Les Miserables movie - At the End of the Day lyrics
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[1823, Montreuil-sur-Mer.]<br>
[Outside the factory owned by the Mayor,]<br>
[Monsieur Madeleine (Jean Valjean in disguise).]<br>
<br>
[THE POOR]<br>
At the end of the day you're another day older<br>
And that's all you can say for the life of the poor<br>
It's a struggle, it's a war<br>
And there's nothing that anyone's giving<br>
One more day standing about, what is it for?<br>
One day less to be living.<br>
<br>
At the end of the day you're another day colder<br>
And the shirt on your back doesn't keep out the chill<br>
And the righteous hurry past<br>
They don't hear the little ones crying<br>
And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill<br>
One day nearer to dying!<br>
<br>
At the end of the day there's another day dawning<br>
And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise<br>
Like the waves crash on the sand<br>
Like a storm that'll break any second<br>
There's a hunger in the land<br>
There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and<br>
There's gonna be hell to pay<br>
At the end of the day!<br>
<br>
[The foreman and workers, including Fantine, emerge from the factory]<br>
<br>
[FOREMAN]<br>
At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing<br>
Sitting flat on your butt doesn't buy any bread<br>
<br>
[WORKER ONE]<br>
There are children back at home<br>
<br>
[WORKERS ONE AND TWO]<br>
And the children have got to be fed<br>
<br>
[WORKER TWO]<br>
And you're lucky to be in a job<br>
<br>
[WOMAN]<br>
And in a bed!<br>
<br>
[WORKERS]<br>
And we're counting our blessings!<br>
<br>
[WOMAN TWO]<br>
Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?<br>
With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?<br>
<br>
[WOMAN THREE]<br>
It's because little Fantine won't give him his way<br>
<br>
[WOMAN ONE]<br>
Take a look at his trousers, you'll see where he stands!<br>
<br>
[WOMAN FOUR]<br>
And the boss, he never knows<br>
That the foreman is always in heat<br>
<br>
[WOMAN THREE]<br>
If Fantine doesn't look out<br>
Watch how she goes<br>
She'll be out on the street! <br>
<br>
[WORKERS]<br>
At the end of the day it's another day over<br>
With enough in your pocket to last for a week<br>
Pay the landlord, pay the shop<br>
Keep on grafting as long as you're able<br>
Keep on grafting till you drop<br>
Or it's back to the crumbs off the table<br>
You've got to pay your way<br>
At the end of the day!<br>
<br>
[GIRL (Grabbing a letter from Fantine)]<br>
And what have we here, little innocent sister?<br>
Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!<br>
<br>
[Reading the letter]<br>
<br>
Ooh..."Dear Fantine you must send us more money...<br>
Your child needs a doctor...<br>
There's no time to lose..."<br>
<br>
[FANTINE]<br>
Give that letter to me<br>
It is none of your business<br>
With a husband at home<br>
And a bit on the side!<br>
Is there anyone here<br>
Who can swear before God<br>
She has nothing to fear?<br>
She has nothing to hide?<br>
<br>
[They fight over the letter. Valjean (M. Madeleine) rushes on to break up the squabble.]<br>
<br>
[VALJEAN]<br>
Will someone tear these two apart<br>
What is this fighting all about?<br>
This is a factory, not a circus!<br>
Now, come on ladies, settle down<br>
I run a business of repute<br>
I am the Mayor of this town<br>
<br>
[To the foreman]<br>
I look to you to sort this out<br>
And be as patient as you can-<br>
<br>
[He goes back into the factory]<br>
<br>
[FOREMAN]<br>
Now someone say how this began!<br>
<br>
[GIRL]<br>
At the end of the day<br>
She's the one who began it!<br>
There's a kid that she's hiding<br>
In some little town<br>
There's a man she has to pay<br>
You can guess how she picks up the extra<br>
You can bet she's earning her keep<br>
Sleeping around<br>
And the boss wouldn't like it!<br>
<br>
[FANTINE]<br>
Yes it's true there's a child<br>
And the child is my daughter<br>
And her father abandoned us<br>
Leaving us flat<br>
Now she lives with an innkeeper man<br>
And his wife<br>
And I pay for the child<br>
What's the matter with that?<br>
<br>
[WOMEN]<br>
At the end of the day<br>
She'll be nothing but trouble<br>
And there's trouble for all<br>
When there's trouble for one!<br>
While we're earning our daily bread<br>
She's the one with her hands in the butter<br>
You must send the slut away<br>
Or we're all gonna end in the gutter<br>
And it's us who'll have to pay<br>
At the end of the day!<br>
<br>
[FOREMAN]<br>
I might have known the bitch could bite<br>
I might have known the cat had claws<br>
I might have guessed your little secret<br>
Ah yes, the virtuous Fantine<br>
Who keeps herself so pure and clean<br>
You'd be the cause I had no doubt<br>
Of any trouble hereabout<br>
You play a virgin in the light<br>
But need no urgin' in the night.<br>
<br>
[GIRL]<br>
She's been laughing at you <br>
While she's having her men<br>
<br>
[WOMEN]<br>
She'll be nothing but trouble again and again<br>
<br>
[WOMAN]<br>
You must sack her today<br>
<br>
[WORKERS]<br>
Sack the girl today!<br>
<br>
[FOREMAN]<br>
Right my girl. On your way!<br>
<br>
