Original Performance: The Mamas and The Papas
Written by: John Phillips
Lyrics:Monday Monday [Version (a)]:
[from live version]
Monday Monday so good to me
Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be
Oh Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me
Monday Monday, can't trust that day
Monday Monday, sometimes it just turns out that way
Oh Monday morning, you gave me no warnin' of what was to be
Oh Monday Monday, how could you leave and not take me?
Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yea
But whenever Monday comes
But whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin' all of the time
Monday Monday, so good to me
Monday Monday, it was all I hoped it would be
But Monday morning, Monday morning couldn't guarantee
That Monday evening you would still be here with me
Every other day, every other day
Every other day of the week is fine, yea
But whenever Monday comes
But whenever Monday comes
You can find me cryin' all of the time
Monday Monday, you can't trust that day
Monday Monday, it just turns out that way
Oh Monday Monday won't go away
Monday Monday, it's here to stay
Oh Monday Monday
The Song:"Monday Monday" is a song by The Mamas and The Papas from 1966.
In 2015, Beck appeared at a tribute concert to the '60s Los Angeles folk rock scene. He sang a couple of songs by The Byrds with Jakob Dylan. The concert ended with an encore of "Monday Monday," and Beck, Jakob Dylan and Regina Spektor all sang lead together.
The concert was ostensibly a prelude to a 2016 tribute CD as well. They announced that the album was coming, even putting out one of Cat Power's contributions as a teaser, but the album (or Beck's recordings) have yet to come out.