One Day More Lyrics - Les Miserables (1987 Original Broadway Cast) - Alain Boublil

VALJEAN 

One day more! 

Another day, another destiny. 

This never-ending road to Calvary; 

These men who seem to know my crime 

Will surely come a second time. 

One day more! 

MARIUS 

I did not live until today. 

How can I live when we are parted? 

VALJEAN 

One day more. 

MARIUS & COSETTE 

Tomorrow you'll be worlds away 

And yet with you, my world has started! 

EPONINE 

One more day all on my own. 

MARIUS & COSETTE 

Will we ever meet again? 

EPONINE 

One more day with him not caring. 

MARIUS & COSETTE 

I was born to be with you. 

EPONINE 

What a life I might have known. 

MARIUS & COSETTE 

And I swear I will be true! 

EPONINE 

But he never saw me there! 

ENJOLRAS 

One more day before the storm! 

MARIUS 

Do I follow where she goes? 

ENJOLRAS 

At the barricades of freedom. 

MARIUS 

Shall I join my brothers there? 

ENJOLRAS 

When our ranks begin to form 

MARIUS 

Do I stay; and do I dare? 

ENJOLRAS 

Will you take your place with me? 

ALL 

The time is now, the day is here 

VALJEAN 

One day more! 

JAVERT 

One more day to revolution, 

We will nip it in the bud! 

We'll be ready for these schoolboys, 

They will wet themselves with blood! 

VALJEAN 

One day more! 

M. & MME. THENARDIER 

Watch 'em run amuck, 

Catch 'em as they fall, 

Never know your luck 

When there's a free for all, 

Here a little 'dip' 

There a little 'touch' 

Most of them are goners 

So they won't miss much! 

Students (2 Groups) 

1: One day to a new beginning 

2: Raise the flag of freedom high! 

1: Every man will be a king 

2: Every man will be a king 

1: There's a new world for the winning 

2: There's a new world to be won 

ALL 

Do you hear the people sing? 

MARIUS 

My place is here, I fight with you! 

VALJEAN 

One day more! 

MARIUS & COSETTE 

I did not live until today. 

EPONINE 

One more day all on my own! 

MARIUS & COSETTE 

How can I live when we are parted? 

JAVERT(overlapping) 

We will join these people's heros 

We will follow where they go 

We will learn their little Secrets, 

We will know the things they know. 

VALJEAN 

One day more! 

MARIUS & COSETTE 

Tomorrow you'll be worlds away 

EPONINE 

What a life I might have known! 

MARIUS & COSETTE 

And yet with you my world has started 

JAVERT(overlapping) 

One more day to revolution 

We will nip it in the bud 

We'll be ready for these 

Schoolboys 

THENARDIERS(overlapping) 

Watch 'em run amok 

Catch 'em as they fall 

Never know your luck 

When there's a free-for-all! 

VALJEAN 

Tomorrow we'll be far away, 

Tomorrow is the judgement day 

ALL 

Tomorrow we'll discover 

What our God in Heaven has in store! 

One more dawn 

One more day 

One day more!