The Little Flame (Carsie Blanton) | Songs to Unite

The Little Flame Words and music by Carsie Blanton A cotton field, a silver mine Johannesburg to Palestine Broken treaties, dreams deprived We kept the little flame alive Bobby Seale to Bobby Sands A picket held in frozen hands Prison cells, freedom rides To keep the little flame alive A hundred years, a hundred more We throw our weight against the door Even if we don’t survive We keep the little flame alive Ford the river, cross the sea A slave, a rat, a refugee Strap the child to your side Keep the little flame alive Ho, Guevara, Connolly We hid them in the scullery Secrets whispered by the wives Kept the little flame alive A hundred years, a hundred more We throw our weight against the door Even if we don’t survive We keep the little flame alive Faye, Dolores, Bernadine Table grapes and gasoline Homemade rifles, kitchen knives Kept the little flame alive Warsaw, Tulsa, Wounded Knee They buried us, but we were seeds Singing from the grave, we rise To keep the little flame alive A hundred years, a hundred more We throw our weight against the door Even if we don’t survive We keep the little flame alive Remember when they shot Joe Hill? He spoke his last and final will Good luck to all of you, don’t cry But keep the little flame alive Vanessa & Artist Friends: Amy Sue Berlin Suzanna Choffel Guy Forsyth Jennifer Foster Shelley King Vanessa Lively Danny Malone Mike Meadows Raina Rose Mark "Gumby" Williams Creative Team: www.bluerocktexas.com