The silicon chip inside her head Gets switched to overload 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 as good as gold And he can see no reason Cos there are no reason What reason do you need to be shown Tell me why I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I don't like I don't like I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I want to shoot The whole day down Shoot it all 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 tackles With the problems and the how's and why's And he can see no reason Cos there are no reason What reason do you need to die die oh Tell me why I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I don't like I don't like I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays Tell me why I don't like Mondays I don't like I don't like I don't like Mondays I don't like Mondays I wanna shoo-oot the whole day down whole day whole day the whole day down