Nilsson - Thursday (Here's Why I Did Not Go To Work Today) video free download

Off of Harry Nilsson's "Sandman." I've written out the lyrics, since I couldn't find them anywhere online. But there's a part that always got me, where Nilsson quotes a Mother Goose poem, "Monday's Child is Fair of Face."

He says, "Monday's child is full of face."

I don't know what that's about. My friend has this album on vinyl and I'm pretty sure that the lyrics on the inside of the album cover say "full of grace." So that's what I put.

here's why i did not go to work today

thursday's such a crazy lazy day

thursday has its own peculiar way

of saying hey

sometimes thursday almost

makes you want to run away

thursday's such a crazy lazy day

yeah, thursday's such a crazy lazy day

let's go have a picnic

thursday's such a crazy lazy day

hope it doesn't rain

when i'm feeling thursday

i go and have a drink

if thursday was a boat

i'd let it sink

i did it on monday

i tried it on tuesday

wednesday's simply not my cup of tea

thank heaven it's friday

thank the lord for the weekend

but thursday is such a crazy lazy day

they say monday's child is full of grace

tuesday's child is fair of face

thursday's child has far to go

and it's no wonder

when the week becomes a rat race

you can bet win, show, or place

but never bet on thursday

cause god's not on its case

thursday's such a crazy lazy day

don't get me wrong

it's just that thursday's twice as long as it should be

it's twice as long

monday's tuesdays, weekends, fridays

don't get in my way

but thursday's such a crazy lazy day

monday is a blues day

that goes for tuesday

wednesday's just the middle of the week, yeah

friday's just another payday

the weekend's just another heyday

but thursday's surreptitiously unique

that's why i didn't go to work today

thursday's got its own peculiar way

of saying hey

sometimes thursday makes you want to run away

thursday's such a crazy lazy day

thursday's such a crazy lazy day