One Day More Lyrics - The Original 1985 London Cast Recording - Les Miserables

[VALJEAN] 

One day more! 

Another day, another destiny. 

This never-ending road to Calvary; 

These men who seem to know my crime 

Will surely come a second time. 

One day more! 

[MARIUS] 

I did not live until today. 

How can I live when we are parted? 

[VALJEAN] 

One day more. 

[MARIUS & COSETTE] 

Tomorrow you'll be worlds away 

And yet with you, my world has started! 

[EPONINE] 

One more day all on my own. 

[MARIUS & COSETTE] 

Will we ever meet again? 

[EPONINE] 

One more day with him not caring. 

[MARIUS & COSETTE] 

I was born to be with you. 

[EPONINE] 

What a life I might have known. 

[MARIUS & COSETTE] 

And I swear I will be true! 

[EPONINE] 

But he never saw me there! 

[ENJOLRAS] 

One more day before the storm! 

[MARIUS] 

Do I follow where she goes? 

[ENJOLRAS] 

At the barricades of freedom. 

[MARIUS] 

Shall I join my brothers there? 

[ENJOLRAS] 

When our ranks begin to form 

[MARIUS] 

Do I stay; and do I dare? 

[ENJOLRAS] 

Will you take your place with me? 

[ALL] 

The time is now, the day is here 

[VALJEAN] 

One day more! 

[JAVERT] 

One day more to revolution, 

We will nip it in the bud! 

We'll be ready for these schoolboys, 

They will wet themselves with blood! 

[VALJEAN] 

One day more! 

[M. & MME. THENARDIER] 

Watch 'em run amuck, 

Catch 'em as they fall, 

Never know your luck 

When there's a free for all, 

Here's a little 'dip' 

There a little 'touch' 

Most of them are goners 

So they won't miss much! 

[Students (2 Groups)] 

[1:] One day to a new beginning 

[2:] Raise the flag of freedom high! 

[1:] Every man will be a king 

[2:] Every man will be a king 

[1:] There's a new world for the winning 

[2:] There's a new world to be won 

[ALL] 

Do you hear the people sing? 

[MARIUS] 

My place is here, I fight with you! 

[VALJEAN] 

One day more! 

[MARIUS & COSETTE] 

I did not live until today. 

[EPONINE] 

One more day all on my own! 

[MARIUS & COSETTE] 

How can I live when we are parted? 

[JAVERT (overlapping)] 

We will join these people's heroes 

We will follow where they go 

We will learn their little secrets, 

We will know the things they know. 

[VALJEAN] 

One day more! 

[MARIUS & COSETTE] 

Tomorrow you'll be worlds away 

[EPONINE] 

What a life I might have known! 

[MARIUS & COSETTE] 

And yet with you my world has started 

[JAVERT (overlapping)] 

One more day to revolution 

We will nip it in the bud 

We'll be ready for these schoolboys 

[THENARDIERS (overlapping)] 

Watch 'em run amok 

Catch 'em as they fall 

Never know your luck 

When there's a free-for-all! 

[VALJEAN] 

Tomorrow we'll be far away, 

Tomorrow is the judgement day 

[ALL] 

Tomorrow we'll discover 

What our God in Heaven has in store! 

One more dawn 

One more day 

One day more!