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 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       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    When the weekend 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 comes    Everybody takes a holiday    Everybody took a holiday    Everybody took a holiday