the Telex machine is kept so clean
as it types to a waiting world
and Mother feels so shocked
Father's world is rocked
and their thoughts turn to
their own little girl
sweet 16 ain't that peachy keen
no, it ain't so neat to admit defeat
they can see no reasons
because there are no reasons
what reason do you need to be shown
tell me why
i don't like Mondays
i want to shoot
the whole day down
all the playing's stopped in the playground now
she wants to play with her toys a while
and school's out early and soon we'll be learning
and the lesson today is how to die
and then the bullhorn crackles
and the captain crackles
with the problems and the how's and why's
and he can see no reasons
because there are no reasons
what reason do you need to die
tell me why
i don't like Mondays
i want to shoot
the whole day down