Les Miserables - Part III
To be honest with you, who the hell are you
And that's what we say as you come through the door
We can tell, from your jaw
That we've got you over a barrel
To be you, poor fool
What a chore
Now you give us your drivel.
To be honest with you, we all do our best here
And we know what is right for the good of us all
And the rich, they come crawling
They know it is us that can stop them
And they pay us for never stalling.
We have a call
To be honest and open.
To be honest with you, we are just your servants
And we know what it is like to be out in the world
With our wardens on the make
And us busting our guts to be helpful
It's you that we have to face
And you pass us by on the street
To be honest with you
OUTCAST (foreman) TO BUREAUCRATS
To be honest with you, you are all bloody liars
Turning sugar to shit is all that you're good for.
SOCIAL WORKER (e.g. SW 1 of the bureaucrats)
ORDINARY PEOPLE (OP's follow in the OUTCAST) - i.e. fellow cast
SW1 There are hippies in the hills
SW1 and 2 And the hippies are living off nature
SW2 And they don't have to labour
OP1 They live off manure
All SW's And the dole is their blessing
(From here on the CAST start singing their own thing as a show commentary)
OP2 Have you seen how the outcast is acting today?
With his shaking hands and his shuffling feet
OP3 It's because Our Lady has gone her own way
OP1 Say her name and you'll see his dismay
OP4 Our Director, she seems to think,
That the outcast is good for the show
OP3 If our lady doesn't look out
He'll be out on the street.
OUTCAST TO CAST
To be honest with you, we've all got a good show
And all of us cast are doing our best
Sing out loud, keep in time
And listen to Bill for his notes
We'll keep on giving it all we've got
Or the Director will give us more notes.
We're a damn lucky few
To be honest with you.
OUTCAST EXITS OPPOSITE SIDE TO OUR LADY's ENTRY
OUR LADY WALTZ'S IN - HAPPY AS - CLUTCHING LETTER - GIRLS TEASING
OP1
And what have we here, our darling sister
Come ma'lady, can we hear what it says
(SPECIAL GIRL GRABS LETTER AND READS)
"Dear sweetheart, you know that I love you - --you inspire me to acting --- and poetry too ----"
OUR LADY
Give that letter to me
I'll tell you the reason.
With a partner at home
And often complaining,
You'd all do the same thing.
Someone saw what I need.
I won't use his name.
He's a passion to feed.
(ALL GROUP ROUND OUR LADY, CHATTING AND SMILING
THE DIRECTOR COMES IN i.e. JVJ's part as owner)
DIRECTOR, WHO STRIDES IN
What is this smiling all about
Will someone tell me what the joke is.
This is a show and not a party
(OUTCAST FOLLOWS BEHIND THE DIRECTOR,)
Now come on ladies let me hear.
We have our drama in the show
I am a Director you should fear
(TURNS ON OUTCAST - DEMANDING)
I look to you to let me know
And be as honest as you can.
DIRECTOR (EXITS IN HOUGH)
OUTCAST (DIRECT TO OUR LADY)
Now what was true about Can Can?
(SPECIAL) GIRL TO OUTCAST, DEFENDING OUR LADY
To be honest with you
She told you her problem
There's a partner she has
And in the same home.
He's alone when she does a show
And she gets all the attention
He can bet she's having her fun
Just being herself
And he just does not like it.
OUR LADY
Yes it's true there's this fellow
And this fellow is my partner.
We met when we both a bit low,
Feeling lonely.
Now we live together and he has his children
And I help with his kids.
And he loves me for that.
GIRLS TO OUR LADY
To be honest with you, there'll be nothing but trouble.
With their mother in one house and their father with you.
GIRLS TO OUTCAST
While we're joking of you and your passion
Cause she's the one you want to crash-in-on
You must bid the idea adieu
Or you'll never have eyes for another
And we are the deserving few
To be honest with you.
OUTCAST TO OUR LADY (foreman's main song)
You might have been more cruel than kind
You might have been more cut and dried
You could have stopped my love from growing.
Ah yes, my beautiful madame,
Who lives within my heart and soul,
You'd not be there, you know yourself
If this had gone another way
I wish you'd simply come to me
You'd be your person and be free.
(SPECIAL) GIRL
And what makes you think
She'd be coming to you
ALL GIRLS
There's plenty of others who want to be free.
You must drop the idea today
Drop the idea today!
OUTCAST TO OUR LADY
Right Ma' Lady - have your say.
OUR LADY
You are a bold romantic fool
And that's the long and the short of it.
(second thoughts)
Would.be that was all of it,