At the End of the Day (Les Miserables)
by Claude-Michel Schonberg
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- Chromatic
- Posted by:
- TrillianAera
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At the end of the day, you’re another day older
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And that’s all you can say for the life of the poor
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It’s a struggle, it’s a war
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And there’s nothing that anyone’s giving
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One more day standing about, what is it for
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One day less to be living
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At the end of the day, you’re another day colder
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And the shirt on your back doesn’t keep out the chill
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And the righteous hurry past
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They don’t hear the little ones crying
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And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill
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One day nearer to dying
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At the end of the day, there’s another day dawning
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And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
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Like the waves crash on the sand
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Like a storm that’ll break any second
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There’s a hunger in the land
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There’s a reckoning still to be reckoned
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And there’s gonna be hell to pay
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At the end of the day
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At the end of the day, you get nothing for nothing
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Sitting flat on your bum doesn’t buy any bread
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There are children back at home
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And the children have got to be fed
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And you’re lucky to be in a job and in a bed
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And we’re counting our blessings
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Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today
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With his terrible breath and his wandering hands
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It’s because little Fantine won’t give him his way
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Take a look at his trousers, you’ll see where he stands
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And the boss, he never knows
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That the foreman is always on heat
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If Fantine doesn’t look out, watch how she goes
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She’ll be out on the street
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At the end of the day, it’s another day over
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With enough in your pocket to last for a week
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Pay the landlord, pay the shop
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Keep on grafting as long as you’re able
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Keep on grafting till you drop
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Or it’s back to the crumbs on the table
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Well, you’ve got to pay your way
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At the end of the day
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And what have we here, little innocent sister
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Come on, Fantine, let’s have all the news
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“Dear Fantine, you must send us more money
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Your child needs a doctor, there’s no time to lose”
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Give that letter to me, it is none of your business
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With a husband at home and a bit on the side
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Is there anyone here who can swear before God
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She has nothing to fear, she has nothing to hide
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What is this fighting all about
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Will someone tear these two apart
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This is a factory, not a circus
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Now come on, ladies, settle down
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I run a business of repute, I am the mayor of this town
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I look to you to sort this out
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And be as patient as you can
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Now someone say how this began
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At the end of the day, she’s the one who began it
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There’s a kid that she’s hiding in some little town
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There’s a man she has to pay
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You can guess how she picks up the extra
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You can bet she’s earning her keep sleeping around
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And the boss wouldn’t like it
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Yes, it’s true there’s a child and the child is my daughter
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And her father abandoned us, leaving us flat
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Now she lives with an innkeeper man and his wife
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And I pay for the child, what’s the matter with that
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At the end of the day, she’ll be nothing but trouble
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And there’s trouble for all when there’s trouble for one
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While we’re earning our daily bread
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She’s the one with her hands in the butter
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You must send the slut away
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Or we’re all gonna end in the gutter
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It’s us who’ll have to pay
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At the end of the day
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I might have known the bitch could bite
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I might have known the cat had claws
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I might have guessed your little secret
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Ah, yes, the virtuous Fantine
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Who keeps herself so pure and clean
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You’d be the cause, I had no doubt
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Of any trouble hereabout
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You play a virgin in the light
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But need no urging in the night
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She’s been laughing at you while she’s having her men
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She’ll be nothing but trouble again and again
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You must sack her today
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Sack the girl today