N.C.
Verse
Tell me quickly what's the story
Who saw what and why and where?
Let him give a full description
Let him answer to Javert!
Bridge
Javert, would you believe it?
I was lost here in the dark
When this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark
Verse
She will answer for her actions
If you make a full report
You may rest assured, M'sieur,
That she will answer to the court.
Bridge
There's a child who sorely needs me
Please M'sieur, she's but that high
Holy God, is there no mercy?
If I go to jail she'll die!
Verse
I have heard such protestations
Every day for twenty years
Let's have no more explainations
Save your breath, save your tears
Honest work, just reward,
That's the way to please the Lord.
Interlude
A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman's tale
But M'sieur Mayor!
You've done your duty
Let her be
She needs a doctor, not a jail.
But M'sieur Mayor!
Can this be?
Where will she end -
This child without a friend?
I've seen your face before
Show me some way to help you
How have you come to grief
In such a place as this?
M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray
It's hard enough I've lost my pride
You let your foreman send me away
Yes, you were there, and turned aside
I never did no wrong
Is it true, what I have done?
My daughter's close to dying
To an innocent soul?
If there's a God above
Had I only known then
He'd let me die instead
Outro
In His name my task has just begun
I will take her to the hospital
But M'sieur Mayor!
I will see it done!