PETER, PAUL & MARY - Light One Candle lyrics

rate me

Light one candle for the Maccabees' children<br />

With thanks that their light didn't die<br />

Light one candle for the pain they endured<br />

When their right to exist was denied<br />

<br />

Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice<br />

Justice and freedom demand<br />

But light one candle for the wisdom to know<br />

When the peacemaker's time is at hand<br />

<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

It's lasted for so many years<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

Let it shine through our love and our tears<br />

<br />

Light one candle for the strength that we need<br />

To never become our own foe<br />

And light one candle for those who are suffering<br />

Pain we learned so long ago<br />

<br />

Light one candle for all we believe in<br />

That anger not tear us apart<br />

And light one candle to find us together<br />

With peace as the song in our hearts<br />

<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

It's lasted for so many years<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

Let it shine through our love and our tears<br />

<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

It's lasted for so many years<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

Let it shine through our love and our tears<br />

<br />

What is the memory that's valued so highly<br />

That we keep it alive in that flame?<br />

What's the commitment to those who died<br />

That we cry out they've not died in vain?<br />

<br />

We have come this far always believing<br />

That justice would somehow prevail<br />

This is the burden, this is the promise<br />

This is why we will not fail<br />

<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

It's lasted for so many years<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

Let it shine through our love and our tears<br />

<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

It's lasted for so many years<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

Let it shine through our love and our tears<br />

<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

Don't let the light go out<br />

Don't let the light go out<br /><br />