THE WORLD IS CRUEL
THE WORLD IS WICKED
IT'S I ALONE WHOM
YOU CAN
TRUST IN THIS WHOLE CITY
I AM YOUR ONLY FRIEND
I WHO KEEP YOU
TEACH YOU
FEED YOU DRESS YOU
I WHO LOOK UPON
YOU WITHOUT FEAR
HOW CAN I PROTECT
YOU BOY UNLESS YOU
ALWAYS STAY IN HERE
AWAY IN HERE
REMEMBER WHAT I'VE
TAUGHT YOU
QUASIMODO
YOU ARE DEFORMED
I AM DEFORMED
AND YOU ARE UGLY
AND I AM UGLY
AND THESE ARE CRIMES
FOR WHICH THE WORLD
SHOWS LITTLE PITY
YOU DO NOT COMPREHEND
YOU ARE MY ONE DEFENDER
OUT THERE THEY'LL
REVILE YOU
AS A MONSTER
I AM A MONSTER
OUT THERE THEY WILL HATE
AND SCORN AND JEER
ONLY A MONSTER
WHY INVITE
THEIR CALUMNY
AND CONSTERNATION
STAY IN HERE
BE FAITHFUL TO ME
I'M FAITHFUL
GRATEFUL TO ME
I'M GRATEFUL
DO AS I SAY OBEY
AND STAY IN HERE
I'LL STAY IN HERE
SAFE BEHIND THESE
WINDOWS AND THESE
PARAPETS OF STONE
GAZING AT THE PEOPLE
DOWN BELOW ME
ALL MY LIFE I WATCH THEM
AS I HIDE UP HERE ALONE
HUNGRY FOR THE
HISTORIES THEY SHOW ME
ALL MY LIFE I MEMORIZE
THEIR FACES
KNOWING THEM AS THEY
WILL NEVER KNOW ME
ALL MY LIFE I WONDER HOW
IT FEELS TO PASS A DAY
NOT ABOVE THEM
BUT PART OF THEM
AND OUT THERE
LIVING IN THE SUN
GIVE ME ONE DAY
OUT THERE
ALL I ASK IS ONE
TO HOLD FOREVER
OUT THERE
WHERE THEY ALL
LIVE UNAWARE
WHAT I'D GIVE
WHAT I'D DARE
JUST TO LIVE ONE
DAY OUT THERE
OUT THERE AMONG
THE MILLERS
AND THE WEAVERS
AND THEIR WIVES
THROUGH THE ROOFS AND
GABLES I CAN SEE THEM
EVERY DAY THEY SHOUT
AND SCOLD AND GO
ABOUT THEIR LIVES
HEEDLESS OF THE GIFT
IT IS TO BE THEM
IF I WAS IN THEIR SKIN
I'D TREASURE
EVERY INSTANT
OUT THERE
STROLLING BY THE SEINE
TASTE A MORNING
OUT THERE
LIKE ORDINARY MEN
WHO FREELY WALK
ABOUT THERE
JUST ONE DAY AND THEN
I SWEAR I'LL BE CONTENT
WITH MY SHARE WON'T
RESENT WON'T DESPAIR
OLD AND BENT
I WON'T CARE
I'LL HAVE SPENT ONE
DAY OUT THERE