Adam Green adds a new classic to the usual repertoire of Hanukkah songs with this tale of heartbreak through the frame of Hanukkah traditions and the miraculous origin of this Jewish holiday.
Throughout the song, he repeatedly alludes to the dreidel game as a symbol for the risks he took for a crus...
Judah and the Maccabees reclaimed the second temple
They lit the menorah using all the oil they had
Now get this: There was only enough oil for one night
But the menorah burned for eight nights
How the fuck do you explain that shit?
How the fuck do you explain that shit?
It was the greatest miracle of all time
I know there was a talking, burning bush
God parted the Red Sea
But one night's worth of oil burnt for eight nights straight
How the fuck do you explain that shit?
How the fuck do you explain that shit?
How the fuck do you explain that shit?
Dreidels of fire
Spun a dreidel with my love
She took half, she gave me none
I bet she really cares about Hanukkah
Yeah, dreidels of fire
I'm not a rich man but I got some gelt
I'm feeling handsome like Judah felt
But Hanukkah hurt me when she gimmeled me, again
Dreidels of fire, yeah
She turned my festival of lights
Into a festival of pain
If you need me
I'll be spinning my dreidel
In a corkscrew motion in a dark expanse
Dreidels of fire, yeah
Dreidels of Fire was written by Adam Green & Michael Ian Cummings.
Dreidels of Fire was produced by Michael Ian Cummings.
Adam Green released Dreidels of Fire on Fri Nov 22 2019.