First Of May

And the light between us

Which we could not quite extinguish,

Which we see at dawn burns on.

First day of May, things are beginning,

Our side is winning, hip hip hooray.

Made in the shade, deep in the shadow,

Down by the meadow, lie in my arms.

And the moon will rise

Before our very eyes,

We will rise too,

I'll be with you.

It's a rite of spring,

A horizontal thing,

The sweetest sort

Of dance hidden

In among the plants.

Ha ha ha ha, people are laughing,

Children are singing, come join the dance.

And the walls around us

Which we kept at such a cost

When we turned around came tumbling down.

Ha ha ha ha, she can't stop laughing,

He can't stop singing, first day of May.