Look Down

'''This is a songfic by 'Nighty'. It is part of the album 'Les Miserables'.'''

Look Down
Look down, look down, see the beggars at your feet,

Look down and show some mercy if you can,

Look down and see the sweepings of the street

Look down, look down,

Upon your fellow man!

How do you do, my name's Gavroche,

These are my people, here's my patch

Nothing to look at, nothing posh

Nothing that you'd call up to scratch

This is my school, my high society

Here in the slums of Saint Michele

We live on the crumbs of humble piety,

Tough on the teeth, but what the heck?

Think your poor?

Think your free?

Follow me, follow me!

Look down, and show some mercy if you can

Look down, look down, upon your fellow man.

What do you think yer at?

Hanging round me pitch?

If you're new around here, girl,

You've got a lot to learn!

Listen you old bat

Crazy bloody witch

Least I give my customers

Some pleasure in return!

I know what you give!

Give em all the pox!

Spread around the poison

Till they end up in a box

Leave the poor old cow,

Move it, Madeleine

She used to be no better

Till the clap got to her brain

When's it gonna end?

When we gonna live?

Something's gotta happen now or

Something's gonna give...

It'll come, it'll come, it'll come

It'll come, it'll come, it'll come

Where are the leaders of this land?

Where are the swells who run this show?

Only one man--and that's Lamarque

Speaks for these people hear below

See our children fed

Help us in our shame

Something for a crust of bread

In Holy Jesus's name

In the Lord's Holy name.

'''Lamarque is ill and fading fast! '''

Won't last the week they say

Will all the anger in the land

How long before the judgement day?

Before we cut the fat ones down to size?

Before the barricades arise?

Watch out for old Thernadier

All of his family is on the make

Once ran a hash-house down the way

Bit of a swine and no mistake

He's got a gang

The bleeding layabout

Even his daughter does her share

That's Eponine, she knows her way about

Only a kid, but hard to scare

Do we care?

Not a cuss!

Look down, look down, and show some mercy if you can

Look down, look down, upon your fellow man!