He reuses the verse melody from the previous album's "Dirty Little Religion", the topics of the verses are all over the place, and he packs too many words into one line (goes to show...) and too few in another (it's pretty hard to find), and rhymes "Henley Regatta" with "Persona non grata", but gets away with it all as only he could.
Monday, a day like no other
Monday, was their last day
Some say, life is a struggle
Some say, life should be easy
One day, in a peaceful village school day, in working Dunblane
One man, could change their whole world, one man, is all it took for
No school today, it's just a memory, one mind gone wrong??
I don't wanna play on Monday
I don't wanna play on Monday
Pinned to my memory, not just another
Monday, it seems like such a lie
Change of plans on a rainy day a new lesson to be learnt today
Pack up your guns and your soldiers too
Because 1 sick mind depends on you
Playin' quietly, along came destiny, I don't wanna play
Monday, was their last day
Some say, life is a struggle
Some say, life should be easy
One day, in a peaceful village school day, in working Dunblane
One man, could change their whole world, one man, is all it took for
No school today, it's just a memory, one mind gone wrong??
I don't wanna play on Monday
I don't wanna play on Monday
Pinned to my memory, not just another
Monday, it seems like such a lie
Change of plans on a rainy day a new lesson to be learnt today
Pack up your guns and your soldiers too
Because 1 sick mind depends on you
Playin' quietly, along came destiny, I don't wanna play
Lyrics submitted by WrathofCarnage
Monday Lyrics as written by Scott Owen Chris Cheney
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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