Manic Monday

Manic Monday
By James Pullen

Lyrics
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[Verse 1]
Six a.m., rooster’s hollerin’ down in Worth County
Sheriff’s deputy sittin’ at the county line, already watchin’ me
Got a half-burnt roach in the ashtray from last night’s escape
Tag’s expired, taillight’s out—here comes another damn court date

[Pre-Chorus]
It’s just another Manic Monday

[Chorus – unchanged]
I wish it was Sunday
That’s my fun day
My “I don’t have to run” day
It’s just another Manic Monday

[Verse 2]
Walked down to the Flint River just to clear my head and roll one
Same blue lights creepin’ slow, man, they act like I stole somethin’
Twenty years of the same old song—parole, fines, probation
Every time I stack a little cash, here comes confiscation

[Pre-Chorus]
It’s just another Manic Monday

[Chorus – unchanged]
I wish it was Sunday
That’s my fun day
Where I binge-watch and eat junk day
It’s just another Manic Monday

[Bridge]
Have to dodge that early raid
Got to hide the crop by nine
If I had a million bucks
I’d buy this whole damn county, tell ’em all “resign”
But these dues, yeah, they never get paid
Just another brick on the load I’ve carried since the seventh grade

[Verse 3]
Finally got the trailer paid off, thought I’d made it past the worst
Then the task force kicked the door—said my cousin’s grow was cursed
Took the plants, took the truck, took the little bit I saved
Left me sittin’ on the steps, puffin’ regret in the Georgia haze
Every time I climb one rung, the ladder kicks me down
Back to square one in this same ol’ worn-out town

[Chorus – unchanged]
I wish it was Sunday
’Cause that’s my funday
My no-knock-warrant, stay-high-all-day day
It’s just another Manic Monday

[Outro]
Yeah, it’s just another Manic Monday
(Albany, Georgia, where the law don’t ever sleep)
Manic Monday…
Pass that lighter, brother, I’m too damn tired to get up.