Letra de Fantine's Arrest (Live)
Here's something new, I think I'll give it a try Come closer you! I like to see what I buy The usual price, for just one slice of your pieI don't want you, no, no, M'sieur, let me go Is this a trick? I won't pay more! No, not at all You've got some nerve, you little slut You've got some gallIt's the same with a tart as it is with a grocer (shut up!) The customer sees what he gets in advance It's not for the whore to say 'yes sir' or 'no sir' It's not for the harlot to pick and to choose Or lead me to a dance!I'll kill you, you bastard, try any of that! Even a whore who has gone to the bad Won't be had by a rat! By Christ, you'll pay for what you have done This rat will make you bleed, you'll see! I guarantee, I'll make you suffer For this disturbance of the peace For this insult to life and property!I beg you, don't report me sir I'll do whatever you may want Make your excuse to the police! GuardsTell me quickly what's the story Who saw what and why and where Let him give a full description Let him answer to Javert! In this nest of whores and vipers Let one speak who saw it all Who laid hands on this good man here? What's the substance of this brawl?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!I have heard such protestations Every day for 20 years Let's have no more explanations Save your breath and save your tears Honest work, just reward That's the way to please the LordA moment of your time, Javert I do believe this woman's taleBut 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 a place such 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? To an innocent soul? Had I only known thenMy daughter's close to dying If there's a God above He'd let me die instead In His name my task has just begun I will see it done! I will see it done!But M'sieur Mayor! I will see it done!