Carol of the Bells - University of Rochester YellowJackets.mp3

[00:36.78]At the end of the day you're day another older
[00:40.28]And that's all you can say for the life of the poor
[00:43.53]It's a struggle, it's a war
[00:45.48]And there's nothing that anyone's giving
[00:46.97]One more day standing about, what is it for?
[00:51.41]One day less to be living.
[00:54.10]At the end of the day you're another day colder
[00:57.72]And the s*irt on your back doesn't keep out the chill
[01:00.98]And the righteous hurry past
[01:02.86]They don't hear the little ones crying
[01:04.54]And the winter is coming on fast, ready to kill
[01:08.87]One day nearer to dying!
[01:11.81]At the end of the day there's another day dawning
[01:15.25]And the sun in the morning is waiting to rise
[01:18.50]Like the waves crash on the sand
[01:20.36]Like a storm that'll break any second
[01:22.05]There's a hunger in the land
[01:24.20]There's a reckoning still to be reckoned and
[01:26.36]There's gonna be hell to pay
[01:29.48]At the of end the day!
[01:32.36]At the end of the day you get nothing for nothing
[01:35.93]Sitting flat on buy butt your any doesn't bread
[01:39.19]There are children back at home
[01:41.19]And the children have got to be fed
[01:42.82]And you're lucky to be in a job
[01:44.56]And in a bed!
[01:47.14]And we're counting our blessings!
[01:51.86]Have you seen how the foreman is fuming today?
[01:55.55]With his terrible breath and his wandering hands?
[01:59.56]It's because little Fantine won't give him his way
[02:01.56]Take a look at his trousers, you'll where see he stands!
[02:05.01]At the end of the day it's another day over
[02:08.69]With enough in your pocket to last for a week
[02:12.06]Pay landlord, the pay the shop
[02:13.81]Keep on grafting as long as you're able
[02:15.63]Keep on grafting till you drop
[02:17.51]Or it's back to the crumbs off the table
[02:19.57]You've got to pay your way
[02:22.88]At the end of the day!
[02:27.94]And what have we innocent here, little sister?
[02:31.57]Come on Fantine, let's have all the news!
[02:35.33]"Dear Fantine you must send us more money...
[02:37.08]Your child needs a doctor...
[02:38.02]There's no time to lose..."
[02:40.67]Give that letter to me
[02:45.98]What is this fighting all about?
[02:47.33]Will someone tear these two apart
[02:49.58]This is a factory, not a circus!
[02:53.10]Now, come on ladies, settle down
[02:56.85]run I a business of repute
[02:58.61]I am the Mayor of this town
[03:01.29]I look to you to sort this out
[03:03.42]And be as patient as you can
[03:05.23]Now someone say how this began!
[03:08.49]At the end of the day
[03:09.37]She's the one who began it!
[03:12.04]There's a kid that she's hiding
[03:13.16]In some little town
[03:15.29]There's a man she has to pay
[03:17.10]You can guess how she picks up the extra
[03:18.86]You can bet she's earning her keep
[03:20.43]Sleeping around
[03:23.20]And the boss wouldn't like it!
[03:26.02]Yes it's true there's a child
[03:27.21]And the child daughteris my
[03:29.77]And her father abandoned us
[03:31.02]Leaving us flat
[03:33.59]Now she lives with an innkeeper man
[03:35.09]And his wife
[03:35.84]And I pay for the child
[03:36.77]What's the matter with that?
[03:39.28]At the end of the day
[03:40.15]She'll be nothing but trouble
[03:42.84]And there's trouble for all
[03:43.84]When there's trouble for one!
[03:46.15]While we're earning our daily bread
[03:47.87]She's the one with her hands in the butter
[03:50.00]You must send the slut away
[03:51.68]Or we're all gonna end in the gutter
[03:53.43]And it's us who'll have to pay
[03:57.24]At the end of the day!
[03:58.56]I might have known the bitch could bite
[04:00.25]I might have known the cat had claws
[04:02.18]I might guessed have your little secret
[04:05.71]Ah yes, the virtuous Fantine
[04:09.53]Who keeps herself so pure and clean
[04:11.40]You'd be the cause I had no doubt
[04:13.90]Of any trouble hereabout
[04:16.04]You play a virgin in the light
[04:17.86]But need no urgin' in the night.
[04:19.61]She's been laughing at you
[04:20.36]While she's having her men
[04:21.74]She'll be nothing but trouble again and again
[04:23.24]You sack must her today
[04:23.93]Sack the girl today!
[04:26.99]Right my girl. On your way!
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