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Empty Chairs at Empty Tables (from "Les Miserables")
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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Collabro
Collabro
Performer
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
Orchestra
James Morgan
James Morgan
Keyboards
Lucie Svehlová
Lucie Svehlová
First Violin
Juliette Pochin
Juliette Pochin
Keyboards
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Herbert Kretzmer
Herbert Kretzmer
Songwriter
Alain Boublil
Alain Boublil
Songwriter
Claude Schonberg
Claude Schonberg
Songwriter
Morgan Pochin
Morgan Pochin
Arranger
Tom Lees
Tom Lees
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
James Morgan
James Morgan
Producer
Juliette Pochin
Juliette Pochin
Producer
Vitek Kral
Vitek Kral
Recording Engineer
Michael Hradisky
Michael Hradisky
Assistant Engineer
Ben Robbins
Ben Robbins
Mixing Engineer
Tony Cousins
Tony Cousins
Mastering Engineer

Lyrics

There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Empty chairs at empty tables
Now my friends are dead and gone
Here they talked of revolution
Here it was they lit the flame
Here they sang about tomorrow
And tomorrow never came
From the table in the corner
They could see a world reborn
And they rose with voices ringing
And I can hear them now
The very words that they had sung
Became their last communion
On this lonely barricade at dawn
Oh my friends, my friends forgive me
That I live and you are gone
There's a grief that can't be spoken
There's a pain goes on and on
Phantom faces at the windows
Phantom shadows on the floor
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will meet no more
Oh my friends, my friends, don't ask me
What your sacrifice was for
Empty chairs at empty tables
Where my friends will sing no more
Written by: Alain Boublil, Claude Schonberg, Herbert Kretzmer

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