29th Anniversary of the Murder of Anti-Nuclear Activist Norman Mayer

The Ballad of Norman Mayer

Now listen my friends and I’ll tell you a tale

Of a man they called Mayer and one I’ll call friend.

He dared to cry “Life” in the City of Death:

It was there that he met with an untimely end.

Oh, oh, the City of Death,

They build bombs to kill millions but buildings they’ll save,

If you mean to kill millions you’ll be president,

If you’re sane you’re a terrorist down to your grave.

They called him a terrorist, John Brown the same,

All because they stood up and wouldn’t back down.

“Slaves made us rich and the Bomb keeps us safe,”

But they used as a curse the names Mayer and Brown.

Oh, oh, the City of Death,

They have bombs to kill millions but buildings they’ll save.

Police at your door and more endless war,

If you’re sane you’re a terrorist down to your grave.