Les Miserables Musical Lyrics

Look Down

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Look Down Lyrics

    1832. The teeming, squalid streets of Paris.
    Beggars, urchins, prostitutes, students, etc.

    BEGGARS
    Look down and see the beggars at your feet
    Look down and show some mercy if you can
    Look down and see the sweepings of the street
    Look down, look down,
    Upon your fellow man!

    GAVROCHE
    'Ow do you do? My name's Gavroche.
    These are my people. Here's my patch.
    Not much to look at, nothing posh
    Nothing that you'd call up to scratch.
    This is my school, my high society
    Here in the slums of Saint Michele
    We live on crumbs of humble piety
    Tough on the teeth, but what the hell!
    Think you're poor?
    Think you're free?
    Follow me! Follow me!

    BEGGARS
    Look down and show some mercy if you can
    Look down, look down, upon your fellow man!

    An old beggar woman finds a young prostitute occupying her pitch

    OLD BEGGAR WOMAN
    What you think yer at?
    Hanging round me pitch?
    If you're new around here, girl
    You've got a lot to learn!

    YOUNG PROSTITUTE
    Listen you old bat...
    Crazy bloody witch...
    'Least I give me customers
    Some pleasure in return!

    OLD BEGGAR WOMAN
    I know what you give!
    Give 'em all the pox!
    Spread around your poison
    Till they end up in a box.

    PIMP
    Leave the poor old cow,
    Move it, Madeleine.
    She used to be no better
    Till the clap got to her brain.

    BEGGARS
    When's it gonna end?
    When we gonna live?
    Something's gotta happen now or
    Something's gonna give
    It'll come, it'll come, it'll come
    It'll come, it'll come, it'll come

    ENJOLRAS
    Where the leaders of the land?
    Where are the swells who run this show?

    MARIUS
    Only one man - and that's Lamarque
    Speaks for these people here below.

    BEGGARS
    See our children fed
    Help us in our shame
    Something for a crust of bread
    In Holy Jesus' name

    URCHIN
    In the Lord's Holy name.

    BEGGARS
    In his name, in his name, in his name...

    MARIUS
    Lamarque is ill and fading fast!
    Won't last the week out, so they say.

    ENJOLRAS
    With all the anger in the land
    How long before the judgement day?
    Before we cut the fat ones down to size?
    Before the barricades arise?

    GAVROCHE
    Watch out for old Thenardier
    All of his family's on the make
    Once ran a hash-house down the way
    Bit of a swine and no mistake
    He's got a gang
    The bleeding layabout
    Even his daughter does her share
    That's Eponine, she knows her way about
    Only a kid, but hard to scare
    Do we care?
    Not a cuss
    Long live us.
    Long live us!

    BEGGARS
    Look down and show some mercy if you can
    Look down, look down upon your fellow man!