A Little Fall of Rain - Gareth Gates, Rosalind James

EPONINE

Don’t you fret, Monsieur Marius,

I don’t feel any pain.

A little fall of rain

Can hardly hurt me now.

You’re here, that’s all I need to know.

And you will keep me safe,

And you will keep me close,

And rain will make the flowers grow.

MARIUS

But you will live, 'Ponine,

Dear God above!

If I could heal your wounds with words of love!

EPONINE

Just hold me now, and let it be,

Shelter me,

Comfort me…

MARIUS

You would live a hundred years

If I could show you how.

I won’t desert you now.

EPONINE

The rain can’t hurt me now.

This rain will wash away what’s past!

And you will keep me safe,

And you will keep me close,

I’ll sleep in your embrace at last!

The rain that brings you here is heaven-blessed!

The skies begin to clear and I’m at rest.

A breath away from where you are,

I’ve come home from so far…

EPONINE

So don’t you fret, Monsieur Marius,

I don’t feel any pain.

A little fall of rain

Can hardly hurt me now.

MARIUS (singing in counterpoint to Eponine)

Hush-a-bye, dear Eponine,

You won’t feel any pain.

A little fall of rain

Can hardly hurt you now.

MARIUS

I’m here,

EPONINE

That’s all I need to know.

EPONINE

And you will keep me safe,

And you will keep me close,

MARIUS (in counterpoint)

I will stay with you,

'Til you are sleeping…

EPONINE

And rain,

MARIUS

And rain,

EPONINE

Will make the flowers…

MARIUS

Will make the flowers… grow.