Monday Monday (The Mamas & The Papas)

“Monday, Monday” expresses the singer’s frustration and disappointment with Mondays, which consistently bring her down after the happiness and excitement of the weekend.

The song contrasts the joy experienced from Friday to Sunday with the inevitable sadness and negativity associated with the start of the work week.

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The song’s opening lines, “Monday, Monday, so good to me; Monday morning it was all I hoped it would be,” initially suggest a positive outlook.

However, this quickly shifts as the lyrics reveal, “Monday, Monday can’t trust that day; Monday, Monday, it just always turns out that way”.

This establishes the central theme: the unreliable nature of Mondays.

The singer feels betrayed by the day, as it consistently fails to deliver on its initial promise. The lyrics highlight the contrast between the joy of the weekend and the dread of Monday: “Every other day of the week is fine, yeah; But whenever Monday comes, you can find me cryin'”.

This emphasizes the profound impact Monday has on the singer’s emotional state.

The repetition of “Monday, Monday” throughout the song reinforces the cyclical nature of this disappointment and the singer’s feeling of being trapped in a pattern of negativity.