now that your picture s in the paper being rhythmically admired you can have anyone that you have ever desired all you gotta tell me now is why why why why welcome to the working week oh i know i don t thrill you i hope it don t kill you welcome to the working week you gotta do it til you do it so you better get to it all of your family had to kill to survive and they re still waiting for their big day to arrive but if they know how i felt they d bury me alive welcome to the working week oh i know i don t thrill you i hope it don t kill you welcome to the working week you gotta do it til you do it so you better get to it i hear you saying hey the city s alright when you only read about it in books spend all your money getting so convinced that you never even bother to look sometimes i wonder if we re living in the same land why d you wanna be my friend when i feel like a juggler running out of hands welcome to the working week welcome to the working week