Harry Nilsson - (Thursday) Here's Why I Did Not Go To Work Today Lyrics

Harry titled this tune "Thursday or, Here's Why I Did Not Go to Work Today" . The "or" should be there. It's not correct everywhere now but I just thought I'd point it out. Thanks much!

This is one of my all-time favorite songs! And yes, I think he flubbed the lyrics a bit at that point, but that actually makes it more endearing :)

Listen to the "Flying Saucer Song" by Harry

All they want is your fucking money anyway Why don't you wish you wer'e dead

Sounds like a good Hair Of The Dog song*

Munkee be diggin the slow smokey groove...

Munkee Nevah Rong 😍🎶🎤🎷🎹 Smooth tune 🎵

Impossible to categorize Harry's music. Rock, Pop, Smokey Room Jazz, Show tunes, Ballads, What a voice for a while. Too much smoke and drink. Harry was his own man and he could have cared less what the critics said. Gone way to soon. RIP Harry!

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Harry gets down and does the blues.

Lyrics
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

"faith" possibly. Monday's child is full of faith.

that sounds right. thanks!

Nilsson owns this--- a great Newman interpretor in general.

True, but this is a Nilsson original.

TRUE!!!Coming from a Thursday's Child!! :)

Tuesday's child is fair of face, Monday's child is full of grace. Maybe Nilsson was drunk when he said Monday's child was full of face, who knows.  lol

Fajny sąg ale na nim daleko nie zajedzie ...! Słucham i czuję się jak w knajpie pełnej dymu i mały zespół gra w cieniu sali ...gdzieś w oddali..!

have always thought this about Thursdays. love the song. miss hearing this music

Raspy harry at his best!!

Harry was always an amazing talent, with such a vibrant sense of humor. The fact that he and John Lennon and RIngo Starr hung out in LA and spent long nights consuming white russians is a testimony to Harry.

Love this song...especially how it transitions in from The Ivy Covered Walls.

Nilsson & Lennon playing pool...on Thursday?

It's Tuesday, and I'm thinking of Thursday.

...but thursday's surreptitiously unique.

simply great. nilsson was one of a kind. thanks.

"and it's no wonder"

God, I love Harry Nilsson!

what an amazing song! i really loved it...such a great singer. and it relates to me and alot of other people too!

it's tuesday..i didn't either

it's tuesday..i didn't either