My Little Shirtwaist Fire Lyrics - Thanks For The Ether - Rasputina

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 remain of 

My Little Shirtwaist 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 and the 

Terrible flames of 

All that remain of 

My Little Shirtwaist Fire 

Glow baby glow as the embers they 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 Shirtwaist Fire. 

Girls work hard for 

Small rewards or 

Invatations to dine. 

Or one kind word from 

One who loves them but 

What I have earned is mine- 

The terrible flames of 

All that remain of 

My Little Shirtwaist Fire