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Empty Chairs At Empty Tables Lyrics
(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
- Act 1
- Prologue: Work Song
- Prologue: Valijean Arrested/Valijean Forgiven
- Prologue: What Have I Done?
- At The End Of The Day
- I Dreamed A Dream
- Lovely Ladies
- Who Am I?
- Fantine's Death: Come To Me
- Confrontation
- Castle On A Cloud
- Master Of The House
- Thenardier Waltz
- Look Down
- Stars
- Red & Black
- Do You Hear The People Sing?
- Act 2
- In My Life
- A Heart Full of Love
- Plumet Attack
- One Day More!
- Building The Barricade
- On My Own
- At The Barricade
- Javert At The Barricade
- A Little Fall Of Rain
- Drink With Me
- Bring Him Home
- Dog Eat Dog
- Javert's Suicide
- Turning
- Empty Chairs At Empty Tables
- Wedding Chorale/Beggars at the Feast
- Finale