Hello Monday, goodbye bread
Bedtime Sunday, wash my head

'Cause who plays the game we all play?
Won't you play me today?
And who sings the song when we're gone?
Won't you sing along?

Hello red, goodbye blue
Hello me and goodbye to you
Hello

'Cause who plays the game we all play?
Won't you play me today?
And who sings the song when we're gone?
Won't you sing along?

Hello Monday, goodbye bread


Lyrics submitted by III, edited by PapaBrain

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    General Comment

    This song is about fleetingness of life, carpe diem etc.

    hello monday, good bye bread, aka time has passed and in that time the bread spoiled and we need to throw it away

    cinjaon September 29, 2011   Link
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    Song Fact

    This song is about the paleo lifestlye and the abstinence from grains. Try wrote this while on the paleo diet.

    maddogmcaleeron January 15, 2015   Link
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    General Comment

    This song is about Ty's dog Bread who passed away. When you play with a dog or a cat and get in a routine with them, they start to expect the routine or game, and they have no real concept outside of their experience, so they'll give you this look with their big eyes and head tilted to the side and you have to ask them, with the ball or wand in your hand, "WHO PLAYS THE GAME WE ALL PLAY?"

    This is a beautiful eulogy to a beloved pet. The most beautiful melody Ty ever came up. Makes the masters of melodies blush.

    PatMCon July 06, 2016   Link

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