Upon These Stones (building The Barricade) Lyrics - Les Miserables (1987 Original Broadway Cast) - Alain Boublil

(Enjolras is addressing the revolutionaries.) 

Enjolras 

Here upon these stones 

We will build our barricade 

In the heart of the city 

We claim as our own! 

Each man to his duty 

And don't be afraid. 

Wait! I will need a report 

On the strength of the foe. 

Javert (disguised as a rebel) 

I can find out the truth 

I know their ways 

Fought their wars 

Served my time 

In the days 

Of my youth! 

Various Students 

Now the people will fight 

And so they might 

Dogs will back 

Fleas will bite. 

They will do what is right 

(Marius spots Eponine, who is dressed as a boy.) 

Marius 

Hey little boy, what's this I see? 

God Eponine, the things you do! 

Eponine 

I know this is no place for me 

Still I would rather be with you. 

Marius 

Get out before the trouble starts 

Get out, 'Ponine, you might get shot 

Eponine 

I got you worried, now I have 

That shows you like me quite a lot 

Marius 

There is a way that you can help 

You are the answer to a prayer 

Please take this letter to Cosette 

And pray to God that she's still there! 

(She walks to the Rue Plumet...) 

Eponine 

Little you know... 

Little you care! 

(...where she meets Valjean.) 

I have a letter M'sieur 

It's addressed to your daughter Cosette 

It's from a boy at the barricade, Sir 

In the Rue de Villette. 

Valjean 

Give me that letter here, my boy 

Eponine 

He said to give it to Cosette 

Valjean 

You have my word that my daughter will know 

What this letter contains. 

(He gives her a coin.) 

Tell the young man she will read it tomorrow 

And here's for your pains 

Go careful now, stay out of sight 

There's danger in the streets tonight. 

(He opens the letter... and reads it.) 

Dearest Cosette, you have entered my soul 

And soon you will be gone. 

Can it be only a day since we met 

And the world was reborn? 

If I should fall in the battle to come 

Let this be my goodbye 

Now that I know you love me as well 

It is harder to die... 

I pray that god will bring me home 

To be with you. 

Pray for your Marius, he prays for you! 

(Valjean goes in, leaving Eponine alone.)