On Parole/The Bishop - Various Artists

[00:01.75]~Valjean~
[00:03.48]Freedom is mine. The earth is still.
[00:10.49]I feel the wind. I breathe again.
[00:15.99]And the sky clears, the world is waking.
[00:25.09]Drink from the pool. How clean the taste
[00:30.68]Never forget the years, the waste.
[00:36.11]Nor forgive them, for what they've done.
[00:40.23]They are the guilty, everyone.
[00:45.51]The day begins...
[00:47.24]And now lets see
[00:49.94]What this new world
[00:51.46]Will do for me!
[01:09.97]~Employer~
[01:10.83]You'll have to go
[01:12.00]I'll pay you off for the day
[01:13.52]Collect your bits and pieces there
[01:14.64]And be on your way.
[01:16.27]~Valjean~
[01:16.47]You've given me half
[01:17.18]What the other men get!
[01:18.55]This handful of tin
[01:19.26]Wouldn't buy my sweat!
[01:20.53]~Laborer~
[01:20.74]You broke the law
[01:22.11]It's there for people to see
[01:23.74]Why should you get the same
[01:24.75]As honest men like me?
[01:30.25]~Valjean~
[01:30.45]Now I know how freedom feels
[01:31.51]The jail is always at your heels
[01:32.73]It is the law
[01:35.20]This piece of paper in my hand which bids me cast throughout the land
[01:37.69]It is the law
[01:39.47]Like a cur
[01:40.89]I walk the streets
[01:44.12]The dirt beneath their feet
[01:50.07]~Bishop~
[01:54.45]Come in sir for you are weary
[02:00.09]And the night is cold out there
[02:05.63]Though our lives are very humble
[02:09.64]What we have we have to share
[02:16.25]There is wine here to revive you
[02:21.84]There is bread to make you strong
[02:27.03]There's a bed to rest till morning
[02:31.48]Rest from pain and rest from wrong
[02:39.20]~Valjean~
[02:40.01]He let me eat my fill
[02:41.84]I have the lion's share
[02:44.61]The silver in my hand cost twice what I had earned
[02:48.68]In all those nineteen years, that lifetime of despair
[02:53.05]And yet he trusted me
[02:57.25]The old fool trusted me
[02:58.82]He'd done his bit of good
[03:01.47]I played the grateful serf, and thanked him like I should
[03:05.84]But when the house was still
[03:07.36]I got up in the night
[03:10.21]Took the silver
[03:13.21]Took my flight!!
[03:25.10]Taking the silver cup, he runs off, but is brought back
[03:26.88]by two constables.
[03:27.49]~Constable 1~
[03:28.61]Tell his reverence your story
[03:30.28]~Constable 2~
[03:30.89]Let us see if he's impressed
[03:32.01]~Constable 1~
[03:32.72]You were lodging there last night
[03:33.89]~Constable 2~
[03:34.30]You were the honest Bishop's guest.
[03:36.02]~Constable 1~
[03:36.48]And then, out of Christian goodness
[03:37.80]~Constable 2~
[03:38.46]When he learned about your plight
[03:40.18]~Constable 1~
[03:40.59]You maintain he made a present of this silver -
[03:42.93]~Bishop~
[03:43.49]That is right.
[03:46.13]But my friend you left so early
[03:49.49]Surely something slipped your mind
[03:52.79]You forgot I gave these also
[03:56.30]Would you leave the best behind?
[04:01.99]So Messieurs you may release him
[04:06.33]For this man has spoken true
[04:09.03]I commend you for your duty
[04:13.04]And God's blessing go with you.
[04:21.22]But remember this, my brother
[04:26.66]See in this some higher plan
[04:32.40]You must use this precious silver
[04:36.56]To become an honest man
[04:43.42]By the witness of the martyrs
[04:49.06]By the Passion and the Blood
[04:54.55]God has raised you out of darkness
[04:59.63]I have bought your soul for God!