Empty stares from empty souls
This is heartbreak Monday
See their eyes and warm from cold
As you wake up Tuesday
Bite the bullet at your desk
On a lousy Wednesday
Anxious Thursdays ain't the best
That don't matter 'cause it's Friday
Yeah, yeah

Clear your head from what you know
Conquer, that's what you are owed
This poison's making me explode
But I think I'll drink it all
'Cause heartbreak Monday's at the door

Oh, it's banging at my door
Yeah, yeah

Rub your eyes to make things clear
Strange, but we all do it
Are corporate hounds banging your ear?
Try to push on through it
We'll catch a glimpse of diamond white
Are you feeling ready?
With papers flying through the air
You're on top because it's Friday

Clear your head from what you know
Conquer, that's what you are owed
This poison's making me explode
But I think I'll drink it all
'Cause heartbreak Monday's at the door

Well, it's banging at my door
To pick me off the floor
I can't do this anymore
No, I can't do this anymore

Clear your head from what you know
Conquer, that's what you are owed
This poison's making me explode
But I think I'll drink it all
Until heartbreak Monday

Clear your head from what you know
Conquer, that's what you are owed
This poison's making me explode
But I think I'll drink it all
'Cause heartbreak Monday's at the door

Oh, it's banging at my door


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Heartbreak Monday Lyrics as written by Jim Duguid Arno Carstens

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