| Sixteen straight shifts, bust a gut for bugger-all | 
| 'Til the gaffer hits the bell and spits me outta hell | 
| Firin' curses at me bouncin' out the door | 
| Smoke 'em up, slam the pedal to the floor | 
| Or the monkey on me back’ll chip away until I crack | 
| And I forget what all me words are really for | 
| The lollipop girls with their t’ick Irish brogue | 
| Are tellin' me to take it slow | 
| Oh, they should better know | 
| Oh me old friend weekend, first one for weeks | 
| I’ve a fresh ream o' dollars in me flash new breeks | 
| I’ll find a good woman and some self respect | 
| And I’ll be fucked if I don’t lose 'em all by Monday | 
| All the good folk are safe indoors | 
| With their chicken and their wine | 
| God bless em all the swine | 
| All born under gentler stars | 
| I’ve a date with a dozen dirty jars | 
| Like a tomcat on the tiles | 
| I’ll go rovin' out for miles | 
| To where they punish all them second hand guitars | 
| Where them old sniffer dogs | 
| And the neckless feckin' trogs | 
| And them honeyskins will never think to roam | 
| Oh, you’ll find me at home | 
| With me old friend weekend, first one for weeks | 
| I’ve a fresh ream o' dollars in me flash new breeks | 
| I’ll find a good woman and some self respect | 
| And I’ll be fucked if I don’t lose 'em all by Monday | 
| As Sunday bloody Sunday comes and goes | 
| With a jagged dusty start | 
| And a stutter in me heart | 
| Still enshrouded in me Saturday clothes | 
| When it’s back into the bevvy’s I suppose | 
| Before the Monday blues | 
| Catch me dyin' in me shoes | 
| Still dreaming of that kiss from a rose | 
| And a voice in me heart | 
| And the sickness in me gut | 
| Are all tellin me to take it slow | 
| Oh, like they’ll ever know | 
| Oh me old friend weekend, first one for weeks | 
| I’ve a fresh ream o' dollars in me flash new breeks | 
| I’ll find a good woman and some self respect | 
| And I’ll be fucked if I don’t lose 'em all by Monday | 
| Oh me old friend weekend, first one for weeks | 
| I’ve a fresh ream o' dollars in me flash new breeks | 
| I’ll find a good woman and some self respect | 
| And I’ll be fucked if I don’t lose 'em all by Monday | 
| I’ll find a good woman and some self respect | 
| And I’ll be fucked if I don’t lose 'em all by | 
| If I don’t lose 'em all by | 
| If I don’t lose 'em all by Monday |