Disclaimer: I don't own Les Mis, that's all Victor Hugo's, and I also don't own the actual song and lyrics of the Plain White T's "Hey There Delilah."
Enjoy! (Oh and it might help if you open YouTube and play the song while you read this, but that's just me). HAPPY HALLOWEEN! *cues scary music that sounds a lot like the beginning of the Work Song* Anyway..
Hey There Patria From Enjolras's POV:
Hey there Patria, here I am in this torn city
barricade's only a few feet tall
tonight's the emeute, here it is
Even though I've never had a kiss
I can't miss
Hey there Patria, don't fret, you're my only mistress
I might not be here tomorrow
But the royalists and kings, I'll make them pay
For the wretched oppression they display
And so I say
Ooooh, it's how they're oppressed
Oh, it's how we're oppressed
Ooooh, it's how France's oppressed
Oh it's how they're oppressed
...how we're oppressed
Hey there Patria, I know times have always been hard
But just belive me girl some day I'll vote
And play a government part, like I should
The poor will have a life that's good
we've done all we could
Hey there Patria, I've got so much left to say
If every single speech I preached today
Would send bourgeoisie away
I'd carve it in walls
And even when the barricade falls
I'll hear your calls
Ooooh it's how they're oppressed
Oh, it's how we're oppressed
Ooooh it's how France's oppressed
Oh, it's how they're oppressed
Just six feet seems pretty short
but we've got a judicial court
I'd hang for you any other way
Friends say I really need a whore
They say you're just a metaphor
But I know none of them ever fought this way
Patria, I can promise you
That when I know my time here's through
France will never ever be the same
Rich turn to shame
Hey there Patria remember revolt again
Don't miss me
Two more years and I will be decayed
And you'll be making history
Young and free
You now that you don't need me
You know there's tomorrow to see
Hey there Patria, here's to you
This fight's for you
Ooooh it's how we're oppressed
Oh, it how France's oppressed
Ooooh, it's how they're oppressed
Oh, it's how we're oppressed
France's oppressed
Oh, oh, oooooh
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh, oh
Oh oh
Oh, oh
Alright, I"m not really sure if that's how many Oh's there are at the end but you get the point. Please review and have an awesome Halloween! Candy...What could be greater???