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[The docks. Sailors, whores and their customers, pimps, etc. Fantine wanders in] [SAILOR ONE] I smell women Smell 'em in the air Think I'll drop my anchor In that harbor over there [SAILOR TWO] Lovely ladies Smell 'em through the smoke Seven days at sea Can make you hungry for a poke [SAILOR THREE] Even stokers need a little stoke! [WOMEN] Lovely ladies Waiting for a bite Waiting for the customers Who only come at night Lovely ladies Ready for the call Standing up or lying down Or any way at all SongtexteBargain prices up against the wall [OLD WOMAN] Come here, my dear Let's see this trinket you wear This bagatelle... [FANTINE] Madame, I'll sell it to you... [OLD WOMAN] I'll give you four [FANTINE] That wouldn't pay for the chain! [OLD WOMAN] I'll give you five. You're far to eager to sell. It's up to you. [FANTINE] It's all I have [OLD WOMAN] That's not my fault [FANTINE] [OLD WOMAN] No more than five My dear, we all must stay alive! [WOMEN] Lovely ladies Waiting in the dark Ready for a thick one Or a quick one in the park Whore 1 Long time short time Any time, my dear Cost a little extra if you want to take all year! [ALL] Quick and cheap is underneath the pier! [CRONE] 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 [FANTINE] Don't touch me! Leave me alone! [CRONE] Let's make a price. I'll give you all of ten francs, Just think of that! [FANTINE] It pays a debt [CRONE] Just think of that [FANTINE] What can I do? It pays a debt. Ten francs may save my poor Cosette! [SAILOR THREE] Lovely lady! Fastest on the street Wasn't there three minutes She was back up on her feet [SAILOR ONE] Lovely lady! What yer waiting for? Doesn't take a lot of savvy Just to be a whore Come on, lady What's a lady for? [Fantine re-emerges, her long hair cut short] [PIMP] Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there? [WHORE ONE] A bit of skirt. She's the one sold her hair. [WHORE TWO] She's got a kid. Sends her all that she can [PIMP] I might have known There is always some man Lovely lady, come along and join us! Lovely lady! [WHORE ONE] Come on dearie, why all the fuss? You're no grander than the rest of us Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap Join your sisters [WHORE TWO] Make money in your sleep! [Fantine goes off with one of the sailors] [WHORE ONE] That's right dearie, let him have the lot [WHORE THREE] That's right dearie, show him what you've got! [WOMEN] Old men, young men, take 'em as they come Harbor rats and alley cats and every kind 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 [FANTINE] 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 hate that's in your head Don't they know they're making love To one already dead! Aus Songtexte Mania