Mary Louise Wilson, Company Of Flora The Red Menace – The Flame lyrics

(Comrade Ada)

On Monday, I put pickets on twenty seven lines.
I also started riots at the Altman's, Saks and Klein's.
I broke 3 Woolworth windows,
Destroyed an automat.
You'd think I'd be entitled to a breather after that.

But then I felt the flame,
I felt it burn inside me
Like a glowing torch to light my way.
Although my shoulders drooped
And I was plenty pooped
I heard a little voice within me say:

"You must do more!
You must do much more!
You must go on
Forever playing your part!
You must do more!
You must do much more
Until you've lit the flame in every single heart!"

On Tuesday in the subway
I threw a rotten egg.
I called a man a fascist
And I bit his daughter's leg.
I spat upon a landlord,
I kicked a traffic cop,
And later on in night court
When the judge said "Ada Stop!"...

Again I felt the flame,
I felt it burn inside me
like a glowing torch to light my way.
Tough I'd already done
The work of twenty-one
I heard a little voice within me say:

"You must do more!
You must do much more!
You must go on
Forever playing your part!
You must do more!
You must do much more
Until you've lit the flame in every single heart!"

Just yesterday on Wall Street
I made a little fuss,
short circuited a Duesenberg
and wrecked a crosstown bus.
The Staten Island ferry
was where I later scored.
You'll never guessed what happened
when they threw me overboard.

(Harry)

I know! I know!

I'll bet you felt the flame.
You felt it burn inside you
like a glowing torch to light your way.
Your mouth was filled with foam
but, as you swam back home,
you leard a little voice within you say:

(Everyone)

"You must do more!
You must do much more!
You must go on
Forever playing your part!
You must do more! (more! more!)
You must do much more
Until you've lit the flame in every single heart!"

Today, tonight, we light the flame!