Ca Ira: Opera in Three Acts: "Vive la Commune de Paris..."

Vive la Commune De Paris
For the love of God
IN the name of freedom
For the crippled and the poor
The bells ring out the tambourine beats
The rise and fall of voices
The sound of marching feet
Signals the demise of the Capet dynasty
It’s not whether now but when
The King and Queen have only men
From Switzerland to defend the Tuileries
Remorseless as a rising tide
The san culottes prepare to die
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris
Vive la Commune de Paris in God’s name
In God’s name
Vive la Commune de Paris
For the
Halt and the maimed
Who have no Pope and no hope of paradise
No hope of paradise
And nothing to lose but their miserable earthly lives…
Nothing to lose but their lives
Everyone under the sun has the power
To change the way the world is arranged
If you don’t use it
The powers that be will abuse it
Give up but half of our power
And you’ll get shafted
Vi… ve la Commune de Paris
Vive la, vive la, viva la Commune
Vive la, vive la, viva la Commune de Paris