Mary Louise Wilson, Bob Dishy, Louis Guss & Flora the Red Menace Ensem - The Flame

{Galka, spoken}
We are ready for the report from Comrade Ada. I'm sure she's done something of interest

{ADA, spoken}
I've done nothing

{ADA}
On Monday I put pickets
On twenty-seven lines

{GALKA, spoken}
Good!

{ADA}
I also started riots
At B. Altman's, Saks, and Klein's
I broke three 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 ev'ry single heart!

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

{ADA & Communists}
Again I felt the flame (Felt)
I felt it burn inside me (Burn)
Like a glowing torch
To light my way!
Though I'd already done
The work of twenty-one
I heard a little voice within me say:

{ADA & COMMUNISTS}
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 ev'ry single heart!

Just yesterday on Wall Street
I made a little fuss
Short-circuited a Duesenberg
And wrecked a cross-town bus
The Staten Island ferry
Was where I later scored
You'll never guess what happened
When they threw me overboard

{HARRY, spoken}
I know, I know!

{HARRY & COMMUNISTS}
I'll bet you felt (Felt)
You felt it burn inside you (Burn)
Like a glowing torch
To light your way!
Your mouth was filled with foam
But as you swam back home
You heard a little voice within you say:

{COMMUNISTS& ADA}
You must do more
You must do much more!
(You must do more!)
You must go on
Forever playing your part!
(You must go on)
You must do more, more, more!
You must do much more
(More!)

{ADA & COMMUNISTS}
Until you've lit the flame
In every single heart!

{ADA, HARRY & COMMUNISTS}
Today, tonight
We light the flame!