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(Marius, recovering from his wounds, imagines he is back at the ABC cafe)

MARIUS
There's a grief that can't be spoken.
There's a pain goes on and on.
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone.

Here they talked of revolution.
Here it was they lit the flame.
Here they sang about `tomorrow'
And tomorrow never came.

From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
I can hear them now!
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On the lonely barricade at dawn.

Oh my friends, my friends forgive me

(The ghosts of those who died on the barricade appear)

That I live and you are gone.
There's a grief that can't be spoken.
There's a pain goes on and on.

Phantom faces at the window.
Phantom shadows on the floor.
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more.

(The ghosts fade away)

Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friend will sing no more.
Last Update: March, 24th 2015

Les Miserables Lyrics

  1. Act 1
  2. Prologue: Work Song
  3. Prologue: Valijean Arrested/Valijean Forgiven
  4. Prologue: What Have I Done?
  5. At The End Of The Day
  6. I Dreamed A Dream
  7. Lovely Ladies
  8. Who Am I?
  9. Fantine's Death: Come To Me
  10. Confrontation
  11. Castle On A Cloud
  12. Master Of The House
  13. Thenardier Waltz
  14. Look Down
  15. Stars
  16. Red & Black
  17. Do You Hear The People Sing?
  18. Act 2
  19. In My Life
  20. A Heart Full of Love
  21. Plumet Attack
  22. One Day More!
  23. Building The Barricade
  24. On My Own
  25. At The Barricade
  26. Javert At The Barricade
  27. A Little Fall Of Rain
  28. Drink With Me
  29. Bring Him Home
  30. Dog Eat Dog
  31. Javert's Suicide
  32. Turning
  33. Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
  34. Wedding Chorale/Beggars at the Feast
  35. Finale

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