Alarm bells are ringing and I'm up and out of bed

Coffee's in the pot, it's on the go, it's on the boil

Six in the morning and I'm jumping on the train

And once again, it's Groundhog Day

And I catch a glimpse of the man I am

My life did go according to plan

I went to high school, university and then a steady job

Two kids and a divorce I got burnt from

I pay my tax like everyone else

And I can't relax like anyone else

And I can't believe that it's coming around

So I brace myself for a nervous breakdown

Quick step, I ain't got time to think

More stress every single time I blink

The nine to five, lullaby, worldwide, day-to-day grind got me asking if there's more to life, come on

Wake up on Mondays

Uh oh

Making my coffee

Uh oh

Days fall like dominoes

That's just what I know

All I need to know (All I need to know)

Uh oh

Lunch break coming and I need a pickup

I got nothing but some emptiness inside of my cup

I got rubbing eyes crazily, I'm vaguely lost

I've got automatic pilot on the albatross

When you take a good look and see it piling up

An order will be executed by the robots

'Cause they running the show, yeah, they calling the shots

And every Monday morning we just want to call it all off

But even in the thick of it, different trials are lost

In a court that we thought would never suffer a loss

I'm taking a long walk, no, I ain't taking a bus

I need a minute to configure or I'm gonna combust, so wake up

Wake up on Mondays

Uh oh

Making my coffee

Uh oh

Watching the world explode

That's just what I know

All I need to know

Uh oh

We walk into the walls like ghosts that haunt the night

Almost dead before we die, and this ain't no kind of lie

Takes more than all of these long days to make me face up to the fact that nothing changes

What is this that keeps me running?

What is this that keeps me running?

What is this that keeps me running?

Newspapers talking 'bout war in the Middle East

I don't see it, so I leave it to the war chiefs

Murder one gunman in the city streets

I don't feel it 'cause it's just another news brief

To get my wage, I've lost lots of days

I've locked up my rage for the money that I'm paid

And my attitude is "do what you need"

But what will it mean next century?

And I'm daydreaming that today will be my last day

I'll either leave or throw grenades in my work place

And would I even know if the world explodes?

I'ma quit my job, pack my bags and go

Wake up on Mondays

Uh oh

Making my coffee

Uh oh

Days fall like dominoes

That's just what I know

All I need to know

Uh oh

Wake up on Mondays

Uh oh

Making my coffee

Uh oh

Watching the world explode

That's just what I know

All I need to know

Uh oh