| It happened back in ancient times when people worked overtime, overtime
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| In fact I think in 1985
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| Life was busy in the big city
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| And the union was sitting pretty
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| It wasn’t easy to stay alive
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| And they’d run from the city to the sun and the country
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| And never quite get away
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| When the weekend came everybody took a holiday, everybody took a holiday
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| On a Sunday in July, everybody made up there minds
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| And when Monday rolled around no one came home
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| All the cities and streets were bare
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| Everybody was havin' fun elsewhere
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| As the weeks went by no one came home!
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| And the stores closed down and the cars stopped runnin' and the sky cleared
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| day-to-day
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| But no one cared everybody took a holiday, everybody took a holiday
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| But the world has changed today
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| Everyone works in the usual way
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| But at least we had one month away
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| Things are much, much slower now
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| People get away anyhow, anyhow
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| And the weekend comes they take a holiday
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| An they run from the city to the sun and the country
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| An never quite get away
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| When the weekend comes everybody takes a holiday
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| Everybody took a holiday
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| Everybody took a holiday |