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May day...may day 9 to 5 how many union men are still alive or did you kill them all at Haymarket Square I saw the Pinkerton men slithering there Did you work your normal 8 hour day did you consider what others had to pay for the chance to glimpse the setting sun liberty and justice for everyone Take note of the scabs and the cops piled high looking like they can touch the sky listen to the belly of a hungry child gone and let me know what side you're on Haymarket square Haymarket square can you tell me what happened down there Haymarket square Haymarket square can you tell me what happened down there learn your history boy Tired of the goons and the company dogs with heads like old wet rotted logs with their lawyers guns and money galore expecting me to mop the floor SongtexteIt ain't gonna work that way with me you best learn to leave me be I'll do honest work for an honest wage but you'll not lock me in a cage You can lump me in with whoever you please but history you will not appease by painting it over with a black spray can and forcing a child to become a man Haymarket square Haymarket square can you tell me what happened down there Haymarket square Haymarket square can you tell me what happened down there learn your history boy May day May day 9 to 5 some dignity in staying alive for all of the Haymarket dead we owe then that on the road ahead Did you work your normal 8 hour day did you consider what others had to pay for the chance to glimpse the setting sun liberty and justice for everyone Haymarket square Haymarket square can you tell me what happened down there Haymarket square Haymarket square can you tell me what happened down there learn your history boy Aus Songtexte Mania