Lyrics:

The silicon chip inside her head
Gets switched to overload
And nobody's gonna go to school today
She's going to 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 reasons 'cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to be shown?

Tell me why - I don't like Mondays (3x)
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

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?

Tell me why - I don't like Mondays (3x)
I want to shoot the whole day down, down, down, shoot it on 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 hows and whys

And he can see no reasons
'Cause there are no reasons
What reason do you need to die, die?

Tell me why - I don't like Mondays (2x)
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 (2x)

I want to shoot

The
Whole
Day
Down