I smell women
Smell 'em in the air
Think I'll drop my anchor
In that harbor over there
Lovely ladies
Smell 'em through the smoke
Seven days at sea
Can make you hungry for a poke
Even stokers need a little stoke!
Lovely ladies
Waiting for a bite
Waiting for the customer
Who only comes at night
Lovely ladies
Waiting for the call
Standing up or lying down
Or any way at all
Bargain prices up against the wall
What pretty hair
What pretty locks you got there
What luck you got, it's worth a centime my dear
I'll take the lot
Don't touch me leave me alone
Let's make a price, I'll give you all of ten francs
Just think of that!
It pays a debt
Just think of that
What can I do? It pays a debt.
Ten francs may save my poor Cosette!
Old men, young men, take 'em as they come
Harbor rats and alley cats and every type of scum
Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land
See them with their trousers off they're never quite as grand
All it takes is money in your hand!
Lovely ladies
Going for a song
Got a lot of callers
But they never stay for long
Come on, Captain
You can wear your shoes
Don't it make a change
To have a girl who can't refuse
Easy money
Lying on a bed
Just as well they never see
The shame that's in your head
Don't they know they're making love
To one already dead!
Here's something new, I think I'll give it a try.
Come closer you! I like to see what I buy
The usual price, for just a slice of your pie
I don't want you, no, no, M'sieur, let me go.
Is this a trick? I won't pay more!
No, not at all.
You've got some nerve, you little whore
You've got some gall.
It's the same with a tart as it is with a grocer
The customer sees what he gets in advance
It's not for the whore to say 'yes sir' or 'no sir'
It's not for the harlot to pick and to choose
Or lead me to a dance!
I'll kill you, you bastard, try any of that!
Even a whore who has gone to the bad
Won't be had by a rat
Tell me quickly what's the story
Who saw what and why and where
Let him give a full description
Let him answer to Javert!
In this nest of whores and vipers
Let one speak who saw it all
Who laid hands on this good man here?
What's the substance of this brawl?
Javert, would you believe it
I was crossing from the park
When this prostitute attacked me
You can see she left her mark
She will answer for her actions
When you make a full report
You may rest assured, M'sieur,
That she will answer to the court.
There's a child who sorely needs me
Please M'sieur, she's but that high
Holy God, is there no mercy?
If I go to jail she'll die!
I have heard such protestations
Every day for twenty years
Let's have no more explanations
Save your breath and save your tears
Honest work, just reward,
That's the way to please the Lord.
A moment of your time, Javert
I do believe this woman's tale
But M'sieur Mayor!
You've done your duty
Let her be
She needs a doctor, not a jail.
But M'sieur Mayor!
Can this be?
Where will she end -
This child without a friend?
I've seen your face before
Show me some way to help you
How have you come to grief
In a place such as this?
M'sieur, don't mock me now, I pray
It's hard enough I've lost my pride
You let your foreman send me away
Yes, you were there, and turned aside
I never did no wrong
Is it true, what I have done?
my daughter's close to dying
To an innocent soul?
if there's a god above
Had I only known then...
he'd let me die instead
In His name my task has just begun
I will see it done!
but m'sieur le mayor
I will see it done!