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 days at sea can make you hungry for a poke

[SAILOR #3]

Even stokers need a little stoke!

[WOMEN]

Lovely ladies, waiting for a bite

Waiting for the customers who only come at night

Lovely ladies, waiting for the call

Standing up or lying down or any way at all

Bargain prices up against the wall

[OLD WOMAN (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]

I'll give you four

[FANTINE]

That wouldn't pay for the chain

[OLD WOMAN]

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]

That's not my fault

[FANTINE]

Please make it ten

[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!

[WOMEN]

Quick and cheap is underneath the pier!

[CRONE (approaching Fantine)]

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

[SAILORS & WHORES]

Lovely lady (Lovely ladies)

Fastest on the street (Lovely little girls)

Wasn't there three minutes (Lovely ladies)

She was back up on her feet (Lovely little ladies)

Lovely lady (Lovely girlies)

What you waiting for (Lovely little girls)

Doesn't take a lot of savvy (We are lovely)

Just to be a whore (Lovely girls)

Come on, lady (Lovely ladies)

What's a lady for

[PIMP]

Give me the dirt, who's that bit over there

[WHORE #1]

A bit of skirt, she's the one sold her hair

[WHORE #2]

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 #1]

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 #2]

—Make money in your sleep

[WHORE #1]

That's right, dearie, let him have the lot

[WHORE #3]

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 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

[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?

• Artist:Les Misérables (Musical)
• Album:Les Misérables