Lovely Ladies

Lyrics

[SAILOR #1] I smell women, smell 'em in the air Think I'll drop my anchor in that harbor over there [SAILOR #2] Lovely ladies, smell 'em through the smoke Seven months at sea can make you hungry for a poke [SAILOR #3] Even stokers need a little stoke [PROSTITUTES] 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 Bargain prices up against the wall [OLD WOMAN #1, approaching FANTINE] Come here, my dear Let's see this trinket you wear This bagatelle [FANTINE] Madame, I'll sell it to you [OLD WOMAN #1] I'll give you four [FANTINE] That wouldn't pay for the chain [OLD WOMAN #1] I'll give you five You're far too eager to sell It's up to you [FANTINE] It's all I have [OLD WOMAN #1] That's not my fault [FANTINE] Please make it ten [OLD WOMAN #1] No more than five My dear, we all must stay alive [PROSTITUTES] Lovely ladies, waiting in the dark Ready for a thick one or a quick one in the park [WHORE #1] Long time, short time, anytime, my dear Cost a little extra if you wanna take all year [PROSTITUTES] Quick and cheap is underneath the pier [OLD WOMAN #2, approaching FANTINE] What pretty hair! What pretty locks you've got there What luck you've got It's worth a centime, my dear I'll take the lot [FANTINE] Don't touch me, leave me alone [OLD WOMAN #2] Let's make a price I'll give you all of ten francs Just think of that [FANTINE] It pays a debt [OLD WOMAN #2] Just think of that [FANTINE] What can I do? It pays a debt Ten francs may save my poor Cosette [WHORE #2] God, I'm weary, sick enough to drop Belly burns like fire, will the bleeding ever stop? [PIMP] Cheer up deary, show a happy face Plenty more like you dear if you can't keep up the pace [WHORE #2] Only joking, deary knows her place [PIMP] Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there? [WHORE #3] A bit of skirt, she's the one sold her hair [WHORE #4] 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 #5] Come on dearie, why all the fuss? [WHORE #6] You're no grander than the rest of us [PIMP] Life has dropped you at the bottom of the heap [WHORE #7] Join your sisters— [WHORE #8] —Make money in your sleep [WHORE #9] That's right, dearie, show him what you've got [WHORE #10] That's right, dearie, let him have the lot [PROSTITUTES] Old men, young men, take 'em as they come Harbour rats and alley cats and every kind of scum Poor men, rich men, leaders of the land See 'em with their trousers off, they're never quite as grand All it takes is money in your hands 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?