Bob Geldof)

The Boomtown Rats - from “The Fine Art Of Surfacing” (1979)



The silicon chip inside her head

gets switched to overload

and nobodyÂ’s gonna go to school today

sheÂ’s gonna make them stay at home

And Daddy doesnÂ’t understand it

He always said she was good as gold

And he can see no reason

Cos there are no reasons

What reasons do you need to be shown



Chorus:

Tell me why

I donÂ’t like Mondays

I want to shoot

The whole day down



The telex machine is kept so clean

and it types to waiting world.

And Mother feels so shocked

FatherÂ’s world is rocked

And their thoughts turn to

Their own little girl

Sweet 16 ainÂ’t that peachy keen

No it ainÂ’t so neat to admit defeat,

They can see no reasons

Cos there are no reasons

What reasons do you need to be shown



Repeat Chorus



All the playingÂ’s stopped in the playground now

She wants to play with her toys awhile

And schoolÂ’s out early and soon weÂ’ll be learning

That the lesson today is how to die

And then the bullhorn crackles

And the captain tackles

With the problems and the howÂ’s and whyÂ’s

And he can see no reasons

Cos there are no reasons

What reasons do you need to die



Repeat Chorus