On Parole (Les Miserables)

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Freedom is mine, the earth is still
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I feel the wind, I breathe  again
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And the sky clears, the world is waking
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Drink from the pool, how clean the taste
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Never forget the years, the waste
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Nor forgive them for what they’ve done
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They are the guilty,  everyone
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The day begins and now let’s see
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What this new world will do for me&#8232;   7     <8  7  8    7   <8   7   8   7  <8   8
You’ll have to go, I’ll pay you off for the day
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Collect your bits and pieces there and be on your way
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You have given me half what the other men get
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This handful of tin wouldn’t buy my sweat
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You broke the law, it’s there for people to see
<7    -9   <8  -8  -7   7   <-6 <6 -5 <5   -4  <-3
Why should you get the same as honest men like me
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Now every door is closed to me
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Another jail, another key, another chain
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For when I come to any town
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They check my papers and they find the mark of Cain
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In their eyes, I see their fear
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“We do not want you here”
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My rooms are full, and I’ve no supper to spare
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I’d like to help a stranger, all we want is to be fair
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I can pay in advance, I will sleep in a barn
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You see how dark it is, I’m not some kind of dog
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You leave my house, or feel the weight of my rod
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We’re law-abiding people here, thanks be  to God
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And now I know how freedom feels
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The jailer always at your heels, it is the law
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This piece of paper in my hand
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That makes me cursed throughout the land, it is the law
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Like a cur, I walk the street
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The dirt beneath their feet