The Kinks — Holiday

[Chorus 1] Holiday Oh what a lovely day today I'm oh so glad they sent me away To have a little holiday today, holiday [Chorus 2] Holiday And I'm just standing on the end of a pier Hoping and dreaming you were here To share my little holiday [Verse 1] Lookin' in the sky for a gap in the clouds Sometimes I think that sun ain't never coming out But I'd rather be here than in that dirty old town I had to leave the city cos it really brought me down [Chorus 3] Oh holiday, oh what a lovely day today I think I'll get down on my little ol' knees and pray, thank you Lord Thank heaven for that holiday today, holiday [Bridge] I'm leaving insecurity behind me The environmental pressures got me down I don't need no sedatives to pull me round I don't need no sleeping pills to help me sleep sound [Chorus 3] Oh holiday Oh what a lovely day today I think I'll get down on my little ol' knees and pray That's what I'll do Thank heaven for that holiday [Verse 2] Lying on the beach with my back burned rare The salt gets in my blisters and the sand gets in my hair And the sea's an open sewer But I really couldn't care I'm breathing through my mouth so I don't have to sniff the air [Chorus 1] Oh holiday Oh what a lovely day today I'm oh so glad they sent me away To have a little holiday