1st of May
Now comes the 1st of May
Worldwide laborers' day
Rise jobless workers cry
Facts, no one can deny
War ... attack occupation
More double exploitation
Full planned automation
None stop aggravation
Support workers’ rights
Life is getting so tight
Support workers’ rights
Fades future out of sight
With the year Two Thousand
War refugees no end
Began the space age
No fall in the rage
In Two Thousand and One
Planned tower crash for slavering Afghan
Support workers’ rights
Life is getting so tight
Support workers’ rights
Fades future out of sight
In Two Thousand and Two
US-warships running full armed with crew
Year Two Thousand and Three
Ha Ha ... Iraq has been set free
Support workers’ rights
Life is getting so tight
Support workers’ rights
Fades future out of sight
Year Two Thousand and Four
Poverty and crime getting more and more
Comes Two Thousand and Five
Real fight starts just to be alive
War ... attack occupation
More double exploitation
Full planned automation
None stop aggravation
Now rise the month of May
We stand for what we say
Support workers’ rights
Life is getting so tight
Support workers’ rights
Fades future out of sight
We are no numbers, but women and men
We want living for all then
Moving factories land to land
We support the rights hand in hand
Worldwide laborers’ maturity
Is ... standing in left unity
Support workers’ rights
Life is getting so tight
Support workers’ rights
Fades future out of sight
Farah Notash
Vienna, 1st May 2005
Poem Book 6
www.farah-notash.com