I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS The silicon chip inside her head, Got switched to overload Nobody's gonna go to school today, She's gonna make them stay at home, And Daddy doesn't understand it, He always said she was good as gold, And he can see (no reasons) 'Cause there are (no reasons) What reason do you need to be shown (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays I want to shoot the whole day down The telex machine is kept so clean And it types to a waiting world, Her Mother feels so shocked Father's world is rocked And their thoughts turn to Their own little girl Well sweet 16 ain't she peachy keen, And it ain't so neat to admit defeat, There could be (no reasons) Because there are (no reasons) What reasons do you need, oh, (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays I'm gonna shoot the whole day down, down, down I'll shoot it all down
And all the playing's stopped in the playground now She wants to play with her toys a while And school is out, oh and soon we will learn that the lesson today is how to die And then the bullhorn crackles, And the captain tackles with the problems and the how's and why's and he can see (no reasons) 'Cause there are (no reasons) What reasons do you need to die, die, oh And the silicon chip inside her head gets switched to overload, oh and nobody's gonna go to school today She's gonna make them stay at home And Daddy doesn't understand it He always said she was good as gold And he could see (no reasons) 'Cause there are (no reasons) What reason do you need to e shown (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like, I don't like (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like, I don't like (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays I want to shoot the whole day down