Light One Candle lyrics

Light one candle for the Maccabee children

Give thanks that their light didn't die!

Light one candle for the pain they endured

When their right to exist was denied!

Light one candle for the terrible sacrifice

Justice and freedom demand!

And light one candle for the wisdom to know

When the peacemaker's time is at hand!

(Chorus)

Don't let the light go out!

It's lasted for so many years!

Don't let the light go out!

Let it shine through our love and our tears. (2x)

Light one candle for the strength we all need

To never become our own foe!

And light one candle for those who are suffering

Pain we learned so long ago!

Light one candle for all we believe in

Let anger not tear us apart!

And light one candle to bind us together

With peace as the song in our heart!

(Chorus)

What is the memory that's valued so highly

That we keep it alive in that flame?

What's the commitment to those who have died

When we cry out they've not died in vain

We have come this far, always believing

That justice will somehow prevail!

This is the burning. This is the promise

This why we will not fail!

• Artist:Peter, Paul and Mary
• Album:No Easy Walk To Freedom (1986)