Lyrics Introduction to I Dreamed a Dream & On My Own (Live) - Lea Salonga

In preparation for Miss Saigon
I developed a very unhealthy obsession with another show
Written by the same people, "Les Miserables"
And when I- when I mean unhealthy
I mean that I could probably do that Valjean Javert's soliloquy after Fantine dies
All by myself

That's not happening tonight (aww)
You gotta pay me a lot more money to do it
No it's-
No, but, I mean
And my mom remembers this
Throughout my entire run in London
And my entire run in New York
I kept dropping hints that I wanted to play Eponine

If we were having a cast gathering
And I knew Claude-Michel and Alain were there
Ooh, I wanna play Eponine
If they were calling up people to sing
"On My Own" would be my song
And, well, someone I guess heard me
Because about a few months after I left Miss Saigon
I was cast as Eponine in Le Mis
And I got to be the first Asian chic ever to do it
So that's awesome!

New York, London
Tenth anniversary with that kind of pfff! Mind blowing!
And many years later, and this is after I had Nicole
I got to play Fantine, the other dead girl

So now I have these two songs
Which one's it gonna be?
Anggaling n'yong manghula, oo nga both

Okay, you are gonna get both
And I can feel the energy of every musical theater queen in this theater going, "Aaah! Hahaha!"
Hold hands
I think you may need a companion for this
So without further adieu
The two dead girls' songs from "Les Miserables"