Les Miserables movie - Fantine's Arrest + Come to Me (Fantine's Death) lyrics
rate meSong by Fantine & Valjean<br /><br>
[Fantine is lying in a hospital bed, deliriously dreaming of her daughter Cosette]<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
Cosette, it's turned so cold<br>
Cosette, it's past your bedtime<br>
You've played the day away<br>
And soon it will be night.<br>
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Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading<br>
Don't you see the evening star appearing?<br>
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder<br>
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder.<br>
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Hurry near, another day is dying<br>
Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying?<br>
There's a darkness which comes without a warning<br>
But I will sing you lullabies and wake you in the morning.<br>
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[Valjean enters]<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Oh, Fantine, our time is running out<br>
But Fantine, I swear this on my life<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
Look, M'sieur, where all the children play<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Be at peace, be at peace evermore.<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
My Cosette...<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Shall live in my protection<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
Take her now<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Your child will want for nothing<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven.<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
And none shall ever harm Cosette<br>
As long as I am living.<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
Take my hand. The night grows ever colder.<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Then I will keep you warm.<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
Take my child. I give her to your keeping.<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Take shelter from the storm<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping<br>
And tell Cosette I love her<br>
And I'll see her when I wake...<br>
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[She dies with a smile. Javert arrives]<br>
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[BAMATABOIS]<br>
Here's something new. I think I'll give it a try.<br>
Come closer you! I like to see what I buy...<br>
The usual price, for just a slice of your pie<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
I don't want you. No, no, m'sieur, let me go.<br>
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[BAMATABOIS]<br>
Is this a trick? I won't pay more!<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
No, not at all.<br>
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[BAMATABOIS]<br>
You've got some nerve, you little whore<br>
You've got some gall.<br>
It's the same with a tart as it is with a grocer<br>
The customer sees what he gets in advance<br>
It's not for the whore to say `yes sir' or `no sir'<br>
It's not for the harlot to pick and to choose<br>
Or lead me to a dance!<br>
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[He hits her with his stick, she claws at his face, drawing blood]<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
I'll kill you, you bastard,<br>
try any of that!<br>
Even a whore who has gone to the bad<br>
Won't be had by a rat!<br>
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[BAMATABOIS]<br>
By Christ you'll pay for what you've done<br>
This rat will make you bleed, you'll see!<br>
I guarantee, I'll make you suffer<br>
For this disturbance of the peace<br>
For this insult to life and property!<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
I beg you, don't report me sir<br>
I'll do whatever you may want<br>
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[BAMATABOIS]<br>
Make your excuse to the police!<br>
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[Javert enters, accompanied by constables]<br>
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[JAVERT]<br>
Tell me quickly what's the story<br>
Who saw what and why and where<br>
Let him give a full description<br>
Let him answer to Javert!<br>
In this nest of whores and vipers<br>
Let one speak who saw it all<br>
Who laid hands on this good man here?<br>
What's the substance of this brawl?<br>
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[BAMATABOIS]<br>
Javert, would you believe it<br>
I was crossing from the park<br>
When this prostitute attacked me<br>
You can see she left her mark<br>
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[JAVERT]<br>
She will answer for her actions<br>
When you make a full report<br>
You may rest assured, M'sieur,<br>
That she will answer to the court.<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
There's a child who sorely needs me<br>
Please M'sieur, she's but that high<br>
Holy God, is there no mercy?<br>
If I go to jail she'll die!<br>
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[JAVERT]<br>
I have heard such protestations<br>
Every day for twenty years<br>
Let's have no more explanations<br>
Save your breath and save your tears<br>
`Honest work, just reward,<br>
That's the way to please the Lord.'<br>
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[Fantine gives a last despairing cry as she is arrested by the constables. Valjean emerges from the crowd]<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
A moment of your time, Javert<br>
I do believe this woman's tale<br>
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[JAVERT]<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
You've done your duty, let her be<br>
She needs a doctor, not a jail.<br>
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[JAVERT]<br>
But M'sieur Mayor!<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
Can this be?<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Where will she end -<br>
This child without a friend?<br>
<br>
I've seen your face before<br>
Show me some way to help you<br>
How have you come to grief<br>
In a place such as this?<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray<br>
It's hard enough I've lost my pride<br>
You let your foreman send me away<br>
Yes, you were there, and turned aside<br>
I never did no wrong<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Is it true, what I have done?<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
My daughter's close to dying...<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
To an innocent soul?<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
If there's a God above<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
Had I only known then...<br>
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[FANTINE]<br>
He'd let me die instead<br>
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[VALJEAN]<br>
In His name my task has just begun<br>
I will see it done!<br>
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[JAVERT]<br>
But M'sieur Mayor!<br>
<br>
[VALJEAN]<br>
I will see it done!<br>
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[JAVERT]<br>
But M'sieur Mayor!<br>
<br>
[VALJEAN]<br>
I will see it done!<br>
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[VOICES]<br>
Look out! It's a runaway cart!<br>
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