Beggars At The Feast Lyrics

Beggars At The Feast lyrics

Thenardier

 Ain't it a laugh?

 Ain't it a treat?

 Hob-nobbin' here

 Among the elite?

 Here comes a prince

 There goes a Jew.

 This one's a queer

 But what can you do?

 Paris at my feet

 Paris in the dust

 And here I'm breaking bread

 With the upper crust!

 Beggar at the feast!

 Master of the dance!

 Life is easy pickings

 If you grab your chance.

 Everywhere you go

 Law-abiding folk

 Doing what is decent

 But they're mostly broke!

 Singing to the Lord on Sundays

 Praying for the gifts He'll send.

 

 M. and Mme. Thenardier

 But we're the ones who take it

 We're the ones who make it in the end!

 Watch the buggers dance

 Watch 'em till they drop

 Keep your wits about you

 And you stand on top!

 Masters of the land

 Always get our share

 Clear away the barricades

 And we're still there!

 We know where the wind is blowing

 Money is the stuff we smell

 And when we're rich as Croesus

 Jesus! Won't we see you all in hell!

 

 [Valjean is alone in the shadows, with a bare wooden

 cross for company.]

 

 Valjean

 Alone I wait in the shadows

 I count the hours till I can sleep

 I dreamed a dream Cosette stood by

 It made her weep to know I die.

 Alone at the end of the day

 Upon this wedding night I pray

 Take these children, my Lord, to thy embrace

 And show them grace.

 

 God on high

 Hear my prayer

 Take me now

 To thy care

 Where You are

 Let me be

 Take me now

 Take me there

 Bring me home

 Bring me home.

 

 [Fantine's spirit appears to Valjean.]

 

 Fantine Valjean (interjecting)

 M'sieur, I bless your name I am ready, Fantine

 M'sieur, lay down your burden At the end of my days

 You raised my child in love She's the best of my life.

 And you will be with god.

 

 [Marius and Cosette rush into the room, but they do not

 see Fantine.]

 

 Cosette

 Papa, papa, I do not understand!

 Are you alright? They said you'd gone away.

 

 Valjean

 Cosette, my child, am I forgiven now?

 Thank God, thank God, I've lived to see this day.

 

 Marius

 It's you who must forgive a thoughtless fool

 It's you who must forgive a thankless man

 It's thanks to you that I am living

 And again I lay down my life at your feet.

 

 Cosette, your father is a saint.

 When they wounded me

 He took me from the barricade

 Carried like a babe

 And brought me home to you!

 

 Valjean (to Cosette)

 Now you are here

 Again beside me

 Now I can die in peace

 For now my life is blessed

 

 Cosette

 You will live, Papa, you're going to live

 It's too soon, too soon to say goodbye.

 

 Valjean

 Yes, Cosette, forbid me now to die

 I'll obey

 I will try

 On this page

 I write my last confession

 Read it well

 When I at last am sleeping.

 It's a story

 Of those who always loved you

 Your mother gave her life for you

 Then gave you to my keeping.

 [The other spirits appear.]

 

 Fantine

 Come with me

 Where chains will never bind you

 All your grief

 At last, at last behind you.

 Lord in Heaven

 Look down on him in mercy.

 

 Valjean

 Forgive me all my trespasses

 And take me to your glory.

 

 Valjean, Fantine, and Eponine

 Take my hand

 And lead me to salvation

 Take my love

 For love is everlasting.

 And remember

 The truth that once was spoken

 To love another person

 Is to see the face of God!