The silicon chip inside her headGets switched to overload,And nobody's gonna go to school today,She's going to make them stay at home,And daddy doesn't understand it,He always said she was as good as gold,And he can see no reasonCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to be shownTell me whyI Dont't like MondaysI want to shootThe whole day downThe Telex machine is kept so cleanAs it types to a waiting world,And Mother feels so shocked,Father's world is rocked,And their thoughts turn toTheir own little girlSweet 16 ain't that peachy keen,No, it ain't so neat to admit defeat,They can see no reasonsCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to be shownTell me why ...All the playing's stopped in the playground nowShe wants to play with her toys a whileAnd school's out early and soon we'll be learningAnd the lesson today is how to die,And then the bullhorn crackles,And the captain crackles,With the problems and the how's and why'sAnd he can see no reasonsCos there are no reasonsWhat reason do you need to dieThe silicon chip ...Tell me why ...