PART LIES, PART HEART, PART TRUTH, PART GARBAGE: A MONTH OF SATURDAYS

  This song gets completely slammed by most fans and I have no idea why. Well, maybe a little. The band breaks up and here's a best of with three final new songs and this is the first one--a Monkees-style weird pop thing with Michael sleepwalking the lyric. It's a frigging demo! Plus, I find the song endearing in much the same way as 'Chance,' a firmly tongue in cheek tune that is a hallmark of R.E.M. songwriting. Michael has always had this silly side and honestly, the song is ridiculous. Who the hell are these guys to know what 5pm Friday means?! Weekends and weeknights are when they actually work. I've always taken it to be a satirical comment on rock stars telling regular folks what's up. Sort of the opposite of Don Henley's A Month of Sundays, and maybe inspired by Church's Month of Sundays?



A MONTH OF SATURDAYS

Five o'clock Friday all my work is done
I can hardly wait
Let's take this over, let's sling it around
Let's make it taste so sweet

I wanna take all the Saturdays
I wanna stay up late
I wanna stomp my feet on the ground
I wanna celebrate

A month of Saturdays, Saturday
A month of Saturdays, Saturdays

Unh

I'm tired of waiting for the weekend to begin

(Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
I'm tired of punching in

(Wednesday, Thursday)
Give me a holiday that never ends

(Friday, Saturday)
Give me a weekend, weekend, weekend
Give me a weekend, weekend

A month of Saturdays, Saturdays
I'm talkin' Saturday, Saturdays

Unh
Shout

Give me a weekend, weekend, weekend

  So easy.

A MONTH OF SATURDAYS

Verse

e|-0-0-4-4-5---|

B|-5-5-5-5-5---|

G|-4-4-4-4-4---|

D|-------------|

A|-------------|

E|-------------|

Chorus

e|--5---5---3---7--|

B|--7---5---3---7--|

G|--7---6---4---8--|

D|--7---7---5---9--|

A|--5---7---5---9--|

E|--5---5---3---7--|