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Eight Nights (from "Sparks")
Words and Music: Rob Tobias
For eight nights we light the lights,
Remember the freedom fighters
For eight nights, increase the light,
Each night a little brighter
What can we learn from the Macabbes?
Who took back their temple by force!
Who refused to bow down, or be pushed around,
fought back and raised up their voice
With just a days worth of oil to relight the altar,
a miracle came to be
It burned for eight days and nights for the Israelites and they celebrated mightily
Now for eight nights we light the lights,
Remember the freedom fighters
For eight nights, increase the light,
Each night a little brighter (Brighter, brighter)
On the first night, let there be light,
let the shamas set the others to flame
On the second and third let songs can be heard,
On the fourth play the dreydle game
On five and six light more candlesticks,
let them glow in the dark winter night
On seven and eight the gifts are great,
we're in awe of this glorious sight
Now for eight nights...
Sometimes you've got to fight for what is right
but then then you turn into a fighting machine
Once victory is won, you forget where you've come
forget all the trouble you've seen
Ah but true victory is to really be free,
not to beat up on those who are down
To make peace in the end is to make a new friend,
spread the joy around
Now for eight nights...