July 29, 2006

There's A Song In My Head

Thursday, 2 Sweltring 2006

In honor of our Vacationer In Chief, and the dire threat to his sacrosanct annual month-plus hiatus (just exactly what has been accomplished in the last week by the United States Congress? by the way) of clearing brush, mountain biking, and golf outings in the August heat, we offer you this oldie but goodie from the Great White North:

Everybody Took A Holiday

It happened back in ancient times
When people worked overtime, overtime
In fact I think in 1985
Life was busy in the big city
And the union was sitting pretty
It wasn't easy to stay alive

And they'd run from the city
To the sun and the country
And never quite get away
When the weekend came
Everybody took a holiday
Everybody took a holiday

On a Sunday in July
Everybody made up their minds
And when Monday rolled around
No one came home
All the cities and streets were bare
Everybody was having fun elsewhere
As the weeks went by no one came home

And the stores closed down
And the cars stopped running
And the sky cleared day to day
But no one cared
Everybody took a holiday
Everybody took a holiday

But the world has changed today
Everyone works in the usual way
But at least we had one month away
Things are much, much slower now
People get away anyhow, anyhow
And the weeked comes
They take a holiday

And they run from the city
To the sun and the country
And never quite get away
When the weekend came
Everybody took a holiday
Everybody took a holiday

From the album Sir Army Suit by Klaatu


Inspired by this post (or the one directly below it - the links are bit unclear) and its' subsequent meaunderings courtesy of Maru and Loaded Mouth.

Posted by (: Tom :) at July 29, 2006 08:24 PM