alarm bell’s are ringin and I'm up and out of bed nCoffee's in the pot It's on the go it's on the boil nsix in the mornin and I'm jumpin on the train and nonce again it's groundhog daynand I catch a glimpse of the man I amnmy life did go according to plannI went to highs school, university and then a steady job n2 kids and a divorce I got burnt fromnI pay my tax like everyone elsenand I can't relax like anyone elsenand I can't believe that it's comin around nso I brace myself for a nervous break down nquick step I ain't got time to thinknmore stress every single time I blinknThe 9 to 5 lullaby world wide day to day grind ngot me asking if there's more to lifencome onnnWake up on Mondays (uh oh)nMakin my coffee (uh oh)nday's fall like dominoesnThat's just what I know, all I need to knownnAll I need to know (uh oh)nLunch break coming and I need a pickupnI got nothing but some emptiness inside of my cupnl got rubbing eyes vaguely I crazily lost nI've got automatic pilot on the albatrossnNow you take a good look and see it piling upnand order will be executed by the robots ncause they're running the shownyeah they're calling the shots nand every Monday morning we just want to call it all off nand even in the thick of it different trials are lostnIn a court that we thought would never suffer a lossnI'm takin a long walk, no I ain't takin a busnI need a minute to configure or I’m gonna combust nSo wake up. nnWake up on Mondays (uh oh)nMakin my coffee (uh oh)ndays fall like dominoesnThat's just what I know, all I need to know nWake up on Mondays (uh oh)nMakin my coffee (uh oh)nWatchin the world explodenThat's just what I know, all I need to known(uh oh)nnWe walk in to the walls like ghosts that haunt the nightnalmost dead before we die and this ain't no kind of lienTakes more than all of these long days to make me face up nto the fact that nothing changes what is this that keeps me running... nwhat is this that keeps me running...nwhat is this that keeps me running...nnNewspapers talking bout war in the middle East nI don't see it so I leave it to the war chiefsnMurder one gun man-in the city streets nI don't feel it cause it's just another news briefnTo get my wage I've lost lots of daysnI've locked up my rage for the money that I'm paid nand my attitude is do what you need nBut what will it mean next century nand I'm day dreaming that today will be my last day nI'll either leave or throw grenades in my work place nand would I even know if the world explodenI'm a quit my job, pack my bags and go… nnWake up on Mondays (uh oh)nMakin my coffee (uh oh)ndays fall like dominoesnThat's just what I know, all I need to know nWake up on Mondays (uh oh)nMakin my coffee (uh oh)nWatchin the world explodenThat's just what I know, all I need to known(uh oh)