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FANTINE
J'avais rêvé d'une autre vie
mais la vie a tué mes rêves
comme on étouffe les derniers cris
d'un animal que l'on achève
J'avais rêvé d'un coeur si grand
que le mien puisse y trouver place
mais mon premier prince charmant
fut l'assassin de mon enfance
J'ai payé de toutes mes larmes
la rançon d'un petit bonheur
à une société qui désarme la victime et pas le voleur
J'avais rêvé d'un seul amour
durant jusqu'à la fin du monde
dont on ne fait jamais le tour
aussi vrai que la terre est ronde
J'avais rêvé d'une autre vie
mais la vie a tué mes rêves
à peine commencée, elle finit comme un court printemps qui s'achève

FANTINE
J'avais de si jolis défauts
j'étais rêveuse, j'étais coquette
un peu naïve mais pas trop
pour ne jamais perdre la tête
et je me faisais fête
d'un chant d'oiseau, d'un jour nouveau
je n'ai plus qu'une robe grise
qui sert, aussi de couverture
quand le vent glacé de l'hiver
tourne la nuit dans ma masure
et plus beaucoup d'honneur
de dignité au fond du c_ur
La misère n'est mère de personne
la misère est pourtant s_ur des hommes
mais personne sur terre n'en veut pour fille
comme bâtarde née dans un cachot de la Bastille
la misère enfante la détresse
bien des vices et toutes les faiblesses
la misère lâche la bête en l'homme
et la mésange alors en chienne errante se transforme
Il faut qu'on se sente survivre
dans un enfant qu'on a fait vivre
et qu'en sa source d'innocence
on noie notre désespérance
pour ne pas mettre fin
à cette vie sans lendemain
La misère n'est mère de personne
la misère est pourtant s_ur des hommes
mais personne sur terre n'en veut pour fille
comme bâtarde née dans un cachot de la Bastille
la misère enfante la détresse
bien des vices et toutes les faiblesses
la misère lâche la bête en l'homme
et la mésange alors en chienne errante se transforme.

[Fantine is left alone, unemployed and destitute.]
Fantine
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we'll live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed
Now life has killed
The dream I dreamed.

[Fantine is lying in a hospital bed, deleriously dreaming of her daughter Cosette.]
Fantine
Cosette, it's turned so cold
Cosette, it's past your bedtime
You've played the day away
And soon it will be night.
Come to me, Cosette, the light is fading
Don't you see the evening star appearing?
Come to me, and rest against my shoulder
How fast the minutes fly away and every minute colder.
Hurry near, another day is dying
Don't you hear, the winter wind is crying?
There's a darkness which comes without a warning
But I will sing you lullabyes and wake you in the morning.
[Valjean enters.]
Valjean
Oh, Fantine, our time is running out
But Fantine, I swear this on my life
Fantine
Look, M'sieur, where all the children play
Valjean
Be at peace, be at peace evermore.
Fantine
My Cosette...
Valjean
Shall live in my protection
Fantine
Take her now
Valjean
Your child will want for nothing
Fantine
Good M'sieur, you come from God in Heaven.
Valjean
And none will ever harm Cosette
As long as I am living.
Fantine
Take my hand,
The night grows ever colder.
Valjean
Then I will keep you warm.
Fantine
Take my child, I give her to your keeping.
Valjean
Take shelter from the storm
Fantine
For God's sake, please stay till I am sleeping
And tell Cosette I love her
And I'll see her when I wake...
[She dies with a smile; Javert arrives.]

[Fantine is left alone, unemployed and destitute.]
Fantine
There was a time when men were kind
When their voices were soft
And their words inviting
There was a time when love was blind
And the world was a song
And the song was exciting
There was a time
Then it all went wrong
I dreamed a dream in times gone by
When hope was high
And life worth living
I dreamed that love would never die
I dreamed that God would be forgiving
Then I was young and unafraid
And dreams were made and used and wasted
There was no ransom to be paid
No song unsung
No wine untasted
But the tigers come at night
With their voices soft as thunder
As they tear your hope apart
And they turn your dream to shame
He slept a summer by my side
He filled my days with endless wonder
He took my childhood in his stride
But he was gone when autumn came
And still I dream he'll come to me
That we'll live the years together
But there are dreams that cannot be
And there are storms we cannot weather
I had a dream my life would be
So different from this hell I'm living
So different now from what it seemed