Classic love story true to his western tx roots. One of my favorites as a story, but I think there are alot of songs that are amazing not even listed on this site. I guess I should figure out how to add them, because I have about 8 REK cd's.
Bah-da bah-da-da-da
Bah-da bah-da-da-da
Bah-da bah-da-da-da
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
So good to me (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday mornin', it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday mornin', Monday mornin' couldn't guarantee (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
That Monday evenin' you would still be here with me
Monday, Monday, can't trust that day
Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday mornin' you gave me no warnin' of what was to be
Oh Monday, Monday, how could you leave and not take me
Every other day, every other day
Every other day, every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
But whenever Monday comes, you can find me cryin' all of the time
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
So good to me (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday mornin', it was all I hoped it would be
But Monday mornin', Monday mornin' couldn't guarantee
That Monday evenin' you would still be here with me
Every other day, every other day
Every other day, every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
But whenever Monday comes, you can find me cryin' all of the time
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Can't trust that day (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
It just turns out that way (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Whoa Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Won't go away (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
It's here to stay (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Oh Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Whoa Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Bah-da bah-da-da-da
Bah-da bah-da-da-da
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
So good to me (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday mornin', it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday mornin', Monday mornin' couldn't guarantee (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
That Monday evenin' you would still be here with me
Monday, Monday, can't trust that day
Monday, Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday mornin' you gave me no warnin' of what was to be
Oh Monday, Monday, how could you leave and not take me
Every other day, every other day
Every other day, every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
But whenever Monday comes, you can find me cryin' all of the time
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
So good to me (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday mornin', it was all I hoped it would be
But Monday mornin', Monday mornin' couldn't guarantee
That Monday evenin' you would still be here with me
Every other day, every other day
Every other day, every other day of the week is fine, yeah
But whenever Monday comes, but whenever Monday comes
But whenever Monday comes, you can find me cryin' all of the time
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Can't trust that day (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
It just turns out that way (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Whoa Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Won't go away (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
It's here to stay (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Oh Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Whoa Monday, Monday (bah-da bah-da-da-da)
Lyrics submitted by magicnudiesuit
Monday, Monday Lyrics as written by John Edmund Andrew Phillips
Lyrics © TuneCore Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Downtown Music Publishing, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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Although it seems most have shared that the artists dont know the meaning or its about the sadness of the weekend leaving.
We came up with a much more fitting meaning, its about the memory of a lost love that died on Monday.
the reminder of that loss may come on monday, but may not and may make it through the week without issue, only to have the memory of that painful loss resurface the following monday. (can't trust that day)
I just saw a PBS special on the Mamas and the Papas. One of the band memebers (forget who) said that he still doesn't know what the song means, it just sounded cool, sothey went with it. And the begining harmonies are great. If I wanted to play English major and derive a meaning out if the song, I would say that it has to do with a brand new relationship, jsut like Monday is the start of a brand new week. You don't know what to expect, or if that person will stay around for a second date ("monday evening, will you still be with me ?"). Once you get past the awkward beginning, "every other day of the week is fine", and the relationship goes on with ease. And when you break up, and find yourself out on your own again, "you can find me cryin all the time." But since the band memebers don't know what it means, I guess that is all just B.S.
oh monday. such a hated day. i love the bah-da's in the beginning...so happy.
whenever i feel bad on a monday this song makes me happy
well it's about what it means to YOU and thats what matters :) as long as you find it enjoyable your opinion still counts.
hehe so love this band. mum used to MAKE me listen to it, but when i think about it, they have pretty cool songs. ahhh memories
Well I was late this morning and someone asked me why and I told her it was Monday, and she said that's a good reason. Then this old song came to mind and I decided to check it out. I was too young to care about lyrics when I first heard the song.
Anyway...
To me in this song Monday is a person that is unavailable on a predictable basis and that the singer is in love with. The “other days” are other people the singer is seeing that are ok but pale in comparison to Monday. When Monday comes into the singers life, the singer can't help but give the relationship another try — even though knowing in the back of the singers mind that the relationship will not work for some reason and Monday will probably leave again.
Just substitute the name of a person that you are in love with that is not very in love with you for Monday. And some of your other friends for “every other day” and see if it works.
So why not Tuesday? Another singer had the same problem with Ruby Tuesday. But this time the singer did the right thing and said good bye.
Such is life...
And the other days of the week... that would make a good homework assignment (no really, I have to go now...)
This song makes me think of a couple in a long-distance relationship. They spend the weekend together at his place, but she goes home on Monday, maybe after he's gone to work. He comes home to find that she's gone again. They repeat the same pattern every week. The other days of the week, he's OK because he's looking forward to the next weekend...but Mondays he's sad because she's just left.
It's probably not what John Phillips had in mind when he wrote the song, but that's what I think of when I hear it.
Ugh...I had that kind of relationship many years ago before I broke up with him and married someone else a little over a year later. There is nothing good about distance! As for the song, I love it. It's simple yet catchy.
Well, Monday2Monday and SmartCookie326, I don't quite agree. Rather than pictoring a transitory or periodically-repeating situation (as you suggest), IMHO the song conveys the distinct feeling of the loved one being gone for good.
Furthermore: gone in which way? Was she a lover who just left him without warning? For all the singer's grief, would he then really wish to rather have passed on on that very same day (end of 2nd stanza)? To me this sounds like the words of a survivor against his will: meaning his honey might have fallen a victim to something sudden and fatal, like an accident...
In any case, he manages to cope and repress that memory on the other days of the week, but each Monday it overwhelms him again.
Love the band. Mama Cass was especially talented. A song about a couple where one of them comes home for the weekend, but is gone on Monday morning. Sounds like a song about a long distance trucker, which would make sense considering the number of truckers on the highways back in the 60's.