

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 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 wanna shoot, ooh, 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 Sweet sixteen, ain't that peachy keen Now it ain't so neat to admit defeat They can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need, oh oh oh 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 wanna shoot, ooh, the whole day down Down, down, shoot it all down And all the playing's stopped in the playground now She wants to play with the toys a while And school's out early and soon we be learning And the lesson today is how to die And then the bullhorn crackles and the captain tackles With the problems and the hows and whys And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reason do you need to die, die, oh oh oh? And the silicon chip inside her head get switched to overload And nobodys going to go to school today She is going to 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 I don't like (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like I dont't like (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays I wanna shoot, oooh, the whole day down Oooh oooh oooh
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 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 wanna shoot, ooh, 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 Sweet sixteen, ain't that peachy keen Now it ain't so neat to admit defeat They can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reasons do you need, oh oh oh 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 wanna shoot, ooh, the whole day down Down, down, shoot it all down And all the playing's stopped in the playground now She wants to play with the toys a while And school's out early and soon we be learning And the lesson today is how to die And then the bullhorn crackles and the captain tackles With the problems and the hows and whys And he can see no reasons 'Cause there are no reasons What reason do you need to die, die, oh oh oh? And the silicon chip inside her head get switched to overload And nobodys going to go to school today She is going to 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 I don't like (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like I dont't like (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays (Tell me why) I don't like Mondays I wanna shoot, oooh, the whole day down Oooh oooh oooh
Geldof compôs “I Don’t Like Mondays” depois de ler um relatório de telex na estação de rádio universitária WRAS, da Georgia State University, sobre o tiroteio de Brenda Ann Spencer.
A letra foi inspirada na explicação de Spencer para o crime: “I don’t like Mondays, this livens up the day.”
A música narra o tiroteio de uma adolescente de 16 anos que matou duas adultas, feriu oito crianças e um policial em San Diego.
“I Don’t Like Mondays” alcançou o primeiro lugar nas paradas em quatro países diferentes.
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