Light One Candle Lyrics - Around The Campfire - Peter, Paul & Mary

Light one candle for the Maccabees' children 

With 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 

But light one candle for the wisdom to know 

When the peacemaker's time is at hand 

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 

Light one candle for the strength that we 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 

That anger not tear us apart 

And light one candle to find us together 

With peace as the song in our hearts 

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 

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 

What is the memory that's valued so highly 

That we keep it alive in that flame? 

What's the commitment to those who died 

That we cry out they've not died in vain? 

We have come this far always believing 

That justice would somehow prevail 

This is the burden, this is the promise 

This is why we will not fail 

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 

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 

Don't let the light go out 

Don't let the light go out 

Don't let the light go out