MALE CHORUS Vive la Commune de Paris For the love of God
In the name of freedom For the crippled and the poor
RINGMASTER The bells ring out the tambourines beat The rise and fall of voices The sound of marching feet Signals the demise of the Capet dynasty
TROUBLEMAKER 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 colottes prepare to die Vive la Commune de Paris
CHORUS 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
REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST Vive la Commune de Paris in God’s name
CHORUS In God’s name
REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST Vive la Commune de Paris For the
REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHORUS Halt and the maimed
REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST Who have no Pope and no hope of paradise
CHORUS No hope of paradise
REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST And nothing to lose but their miserable earthly lives...
CHORUS Nothing to lose but their lives
REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST Everyone under the sun has the power To change the way the world is arranged
MALE CHORUS If you don’t use it The powers that be will abuse it Give up but half of your power And you’ll get shafted
CHORUS Vi......ve la Commune de Paris
REVOLUTIONARY PRIEST & CHORUS Vive la, vive la, vive la Commune