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Look down, Look down, Don't look 'em in the eye

Javert
Now bring me prisoner 24601
Your time is up
And your parole’s begun
You know what that means

Valjean
Yes, it means I’m free

Javert
NO!
It means you get
Your yellow ticket-of-leave
You are a thief

Valjean
I stole a loaf of bread!

Javert
You robbed a house!

Valjean
I broke a window pane!
My sister’s child was close to death
And we were starving!

Javert
And you will starve again
Unless you learn the meaning of the law.

Valjean
I know the meaning of these 19 years
A slave of the law

Javert
Five years for what you did
The rest because you tried to run
Yes 24601

Valjean
My name is Jean Valjean

Javert
And I am Javert
Do not forget my name
Do not forget me
24601

………………

Valjean
Freedom is mine. The earth is still.
I feel the wind. I breathe again.
And the sky clears, the world is waiting.
Drink from the pool. How clean the taste
Never forget the years, the waste.
Nor forgive them, for what they’ve done.
They are the guilty, everyone.
The day begins…
And now lets see
What this new world
Will do for me!
[Lyrics from Les Miserable]

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