Track: Everybody Took A Holiday
Dee Long of Klaatu 1978

It happened back in ancient times
when people worked overtime – overtime.
In fact I think it was 2005.
Life was busy in the big city,
and the Union was sitting pretty,
and 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 the 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 have one month away.
Things are much, much slower now,
people get away anyhow – anyhow.
When the weekend comes they take a holiday.

And they run from the city
to the sun and the country
but never quite get away.
When the weekend came
everybody took a holiday, everybody took a holiday.