Valjean`s Confession Lyrics

Valjean`s Confession lyrics

Valjean

 Not another word my son,

 There's something now that must be done

 You've spoken from the heart

 And I must do the same

 There is a story, sir

 Of slavery and shame

 That you alone must know.

 

 I never told Cosette

 She had enough of tears

 She's never known the truth

 Of the story you must hear

 Of years ago.

 

 There lived a man named Jean Valjean

 He stole some bread to save his sister's son

 For nineteen winters served his time

 In sweat he washed away his crime

 Years ago

 He broke parole and lived a life apart

 How could he tell Cosette and break her heart?

 It's for Cosette that this must be faced

 If he is caught she is disgraced

 The time is come to journey on

 And from this day he must be gone

 Who am I?

 Who am I?

 

 Marius

 You're Jean Valjean!

 What can I do

 That will turn you from this?

 Monsieur, you cannot leave

 Whatever I tell my beloved Cosette

 She will never believe!

 

 Valjean

 Make her believe

 I have gone on a journey

 A long way away

 Tell her my heart was too full for farewells

 It is better this way

 Promise me, M'sieur, Cosette will never know.

 

 Marius

 I give my word.

 

 Valjean

 ... what I have spoken, why I must go.

 

 Marius

 For the sake of Cosette, it must be so.