Everybody Took A Holiday - Klaatu

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 there minds

And when Monday rolled around no one came home

All the cities and streets were bare

Everybody was havin' fun elsewhere

As the weeks went by no one came home!

And the stores closed down and the cars stopped runnin' 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 weekend comes they take a holiday

An they run from the city to the sun and the country

An never quite get away

When the weekend comes everybody takes a holiday

Everybody took a holiday

Everybody took a holiday