(From Struggle, Spring-Summer 1997, Vol. 13, No. 1-2)
Karl Marx was buried
When the Soviet Union fell.
His cause was finally laid to rest --
He went to Rebel Hell.
Yes, Karl was finally buried.
He left nothing to fight for.
The workers' cause? It's hopeless!
Tycoons grab more and more.
He's really, really buried --
Yes, yes, there is no doubt!
Some say his heart still beats a beat
But I'm sure it would get out. . . .
-- Yes, Karl Marx is buried,
But is this something new?
It's seems we've heard this tale before
In a history book or two.
The Paris Commune was slaughtered
And Karl died right then,
Yet from that lifeblood rose a movement
Of socialist women and men.
As soon as Karl sprang from his grave
He died all over again
As worker killed worker for the rich
In the trenches of World War I.
Yes, Karl was buried, but no, he wasn't!
Back he sprang from Hell!
The Russian workers overthrew the bosses --
Karl was alive and well!
Then Stalin thought to bury him
While claiming to be true.
He took all power from the workers
But they and Karl weren't through.
In the 60's Karl sprang back to life
Like a zombie from the dead,
But unlike zombies he had liberation
Theories in his head.
Eager young picked up his banner
And brought him back to flush,
But when the tide ebbed many hastened
To bury him in a rush.
And when the Soviet Union fell
Along with the Berlin Wall
The bosses claimed he'd died once more --
Though he didn't live there at all.
So Karl is buried -- for a moment.
He's in and out of ground!
A cat with 999 lives
And another coming round!
2000 years they wait for Jesus --
He hasn't yet come back.
You'd better bet on Karl --
He's like a jumping jack!
Last changed on October 15, 2001.
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