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      It 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