Shirtwaiste fire

Once it started
The frail and fainthearted
Just
withered to the floor
Oh so sadly
We examined hands
burned badly
By that which no man fears more

The
terrible flames of all that remains
Of my little
shirtwaiste fire

My best friend was alone in the
alcove
Does anyone see her there?
Such a sweet face
trapped in a staircase
By the smell of her own burning
hair

The terrible flames of all that remains
Of
my little shirtwaiste fire

Glow baby glow as the
embers have died there
Nobody knows what we saw inside
there
Twisting and burning the girls fine young bodies
Yes we're burning can you help us please
Yes
we're begging we're on bended knees
Oh my little
shirtwaiste fire Girls work hard for small rewards
Or invitations to dine
Or one kind word from one who
loves them
But what i have earned is mine

The
terrible flames of all that remains
Of my little
shirtwaiste fire

Glow baby glow as the embers have
died there
Nobody knows what we saw inside there
Twisting and burning the girls fine young bodies
Yes
we're burning can you help us please
Yes we're
begging we're on bended knees
Oh my little shirtwaiste
fire