Letras
Les Miserables
Les Miserables (Act 1)
The Runaway Cart
[The crowd parts to reveal that the cart has crashed,
trapping M. Fauchelevant.]
Voices
Look at that!
Look at that!
It's Monsieur Fauchelevant!
Don't approach! Don't go near!
At the risk of your life!
He is caught by the wheel!
Oh, the pitiful man.
Stay away, turn away,
There is nothing to do.
There is nothing to do.
Valjean
Is there anyone here
Who will rescue the man?
Who will help me to shoulder
The weight of the cart?
Voices
Don't go near him, Mr. Mayor
The load is heavy as hell
The old man's a goner for sure
It'll kill you as well.
[Valjean attempts to lift the cart. They manage to pull
Fauchelevant clear.]
Fauchelevant
M'sieur le Mayor, I have no words
You come from God, you are a saint.
Javert
Can this be true?
I don't believe what I see!
A man your age
To be as strong as you are...
A memory stirs.
You make me think of a man
From years ago
A man who broke his parole
He disappeared
Forgive me, Sir,
I would not dare!
Valjean
Say what you must, don't leave it there.
Javert
I have only known one other
Who can do what you have done
He's a convict from the chain gang
He's been ten years on the run
But he couldn't run forever
We have found his hideaway
And he's just been re-arrested
And he comes to court today.
Of course he now denies it
You'd expect that of a con
But he couldn't run forever,
No, not even Jean Valjean!
Valjean