When Sept 11 happened, I couldn't get the first phrase of that song:
Do you hear the people sing?
Singing the song of angry men.
It is the song of the people
Who will not be slaves again.....
May not be the exact words but close.
My Mom grew up in NY. She saw all the greats on Broadway. LES MIS is one of the few musicals that came after that era that she enjoyed. I love it too. Saw it at the Kennedy Center years ago. No it never gets old.
After 9-11 I had the lyrics to that part of the finale stuck in my head:
Do you hear the people sing
Lost in the valley of the night?
It is the music of a people
Who are climbing to the light.
For the wretched of the earth
There is a flame that never dies.
Even the darkest night will end
And the sun will rise.
They will live again in freedom
In the garden of the Lord.
They will walk behind the plough-share,
They will put away the sword.
The chain will be broken
And all men will have their reward.