ABC Cafe / Red And Black

ABC Cafe / Red And Black

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ENJOLRAS, JOLY, GRANTAIRE, MARIUS, LESGLES, COURFEYRAC, GAVROCHE, STUDENT,

[ENJOLRAS]
The time is near...So near it's stirring the blood in their veins. And yet beware! Don't let the wine

Go to your brains. We need a sign, To rally the people, To call them to arms, To bring them in line!

JOLY
Marius, wake up! What's wrong today? You look as if you've seen a ghost.

GRANTAIRE
Some wine, and say what's going on !

MARIUS
A ghost, you say? A ghost maybe! She was just like a ghost to me. One minute there then she was gone!

GRAN]
I am agog! I am aghast! Is Marius in love at last? I've never heard him Ooh and Aah.
You talk of battles to be won And here he comes like Don Juan! It is better than an opera!

ENJO]

It is time for us all To decide who we are. Do we fight for the right To a night at the opera now?
Have you asked yourselves What's the price you might pay?
Is this simply a game For rich young boys to play?
The colours of the world Are changing day by day -
Red - the blood of angry men! Black - the dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!  Black - the night that ends at last!

[MARI]
Had you seen her today You might know how it feels

To be struck to the bone By a moment of breathless delight!

Had you been there today You might also have known

How the world may be changed In just on e burst of light
And what was right seems wrong, And what was wrong seems right!

GRAN] Red!
MARI]  I feel my soul on fire!
GRAN] Black!
MARI]  My world if she¡¯s not there!
STUD]  Red!
MARI]  The colour of desire!
STUD]  Black!
MARI]  The colour of despair!

NJOL]
Marius, you're no longer a child -I do not doubt you mean it well. But now there is a higher call!
Who cares about your lonely soul? We strive towards a larger goal -Our little lives don't count at all!

ENJO] Red!
STUD] The blood of angry men!
ENJO] Black!
STUD] The dark of ages past!
Red - a world about to dawn!
Black - the night that ends at last!

COUR] Listen, everybody!
GAVR]    General Lamarque is dead!

[ENJOLRAS]
Lamarque... His death is the hour of fate. The people's man...
His death is the sign we await!
On his funeral day they will honour his name
With the light of rebellion ablaze in their eyes.
From their candles of grief we will kindle our flame.
On the tomb of Lamarque shall our barricades rise!
The time is here! Let us welcome it gladly with courage and cheer!

STUD] Let us take to the street with no doubt in our hearts
COUR] But a jubilant shout!
LESG] They will come on e and all!
STUD] They will come when we call!