{"id":54155,"date":"2026-06-20T17:13:50","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:13:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/?p=54155"},"modified":"2026-06-20T17:13:50","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T17:13:50","slug":"payday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/2026\/06\/20\/payday\/","title":{"rendered":"Payday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence]<br \/>\n[Arrangement: Upbeat piano-rock, guitar riffs, handclaps, Hammond organ, crowd vocals, feel-good singalong]<\/p>\n<p>[Intro]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(Hey!)<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(Hey!)<\/p>\n<p>Are you ready?<br \/>\n(Hold steady)<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s play!<br \/>\n(All day)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 1]<br \/>\nMonday morning rolls around<br \/>\n(Rolls around)<br \/>\nEverybody&#8217;s looking down<br \/>\n(Looking down)<\/p>\n<p>Watching clocks and counting days<br \/>\n(Counting days)<br \/>\nDreaming of a better way<br \/>\n(A better way)<\/p>\n<p>Some are chasing dollar signs<br \/>\n(Dollar signs)<br \/>\nSome are chasing peace of mind<br \/>\n(Peace of mind)<\/p>\n<p>Maybe both are worth the chase<br \/>\n(Worth the chase)<br \/>\nDepends upon the time and place<br \/>\n(Time and place)<\/p>\n<p>[Refrain]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(Did you say playday)<br \/>\nSay,<br \/>\n(Or was it payday)<br \/>\n&#8230; I suppose either way<br \/>\n(Is A-OK)<\/p>\n<p>Hey!<br \/>\n(Did you say playday)<br \/>\nSay,<br \/>\n(Or was it payday)<br \/>\n&#8230; I suppose either way<br \/>\n(Is A-OK)<\/p>\n<p>[Verse 2]<br \/>\nWork can build and work can mend<br \/>\n(Work can mend)<br \/>\nWork can help a dream begin<br \/>\n(Dream begin)<\/p>\n<p>But the road can lose its spark<br \/>\n(Lose its spark)<br \/>\nIf all you do is push the cart<br \/>\n(Push the cart)<\/p>\n<p>You gotta laugh and sing along<br \/>\n(Sing along)<br \/>\nDance a little while you&#8217;re strong<br \/>\n(While you&#8217;re strong)<\/p>\n<p>Life is more than keeping score<br \/>\n(Keeping score)<br \/>\nThat&#8217;s what weekends were invented for<br \/>\n(Invented for)<\/p>\n<p>[Chorus]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a payday<br \/>\n(Playday!)<br \/>\nA playday<br \/>\n(Payday!)<\/p>\n<p>Either way we&#8217;re feeling fine<br \/>\n(Feeling fine)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a payday<br \/>\n(Playday!)<\/p>\n<p>A playday<br \/>\n(Payday!)<br \/>\nMaybe both at the same time<br \/>\n(The same time)<\/p>\n<p>[Bridge]<br \/>\nPlay the game<br \/>\n(Play the game)<br \/>\nEarn your keep<br \/>\n(Earn your keep)<\/p>\n<p>Plant the seeds<br \/>\n(Plant the seeds)<br \/>\nHarvest what you need<br \/>\n(What you need)<\/p>\n<p>Count your blessings<br \/>\n(Not just cash)<br \/>\nGood things never last<br \/>\n(Unless they&#8217;re shared)<\/p>\n<p>[Instrumental]<br \/>\n[Organ solo]<br \/>\n(Hey!)<br \/>\n[Piano solo]<br \/>\n(Hey!)<\/p>\n<p>Everybody now!<br \/>\n(Hey! Hey! Hey!)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Chorus]<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a payday<br \/>\n(Playday!)<br \/>\nA playday<br \/>\n(Payday!)<\/p>\n<p>Either way we&#8217;re feeling fine<br \/>\n(Feeling fine)<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s a payday<br \/>\n(Playday!)<\/p>\n<p>A playday<br \/>\n(Payday!)<br \/>\nMaybe both at the same time<br \/>\n(The same time)<\/p>\n<p>[Final Refrain]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(Did you say playday)<br \/>\nSay,<br \/>\n(Or was it payday)<br \/>\n&#8230; I suppose either way<br \/>\n(Is A-OK)<\/p>\n<p>Hey!<br \/>\n(Did you say playday)<br \/>\nSay,<br \/>\n(Or was it payday)<br \/>\n&#8230; I suppose either way<br \/>\n(Is A-OK)<\/p>\n<p>[Outro]<br \/>\nHey!<br \/>\n(Hey!)<br \/>\nPlayday!<br \/>\n(Payday!)<\/p>\n<p>Payday!<br \/>\n(Playday!)<br \/>\nEither way<br \/>\n(A-OK!)<\/p>\n<p>From the album <strong>&#8220;<a href=\"\/albums\/In-Play\/\">In Play<\/a>&#8220;<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Silence] [Arrangement: Upbeat piano-rock, guitar riffs, handclaps, Hammond organ, crowd vocals, feel-good singalong] [Intro] Hey! (Hey!) Hey! (Hey!) Are you ready? (Hold steady) Let&#8217;s play! (All day) [Verse 1] Monday morning rolls around (Rolls around) Everybody&#8217;s looking down (Looking down) Watching clocks and counting days (Counting days) Dreaming of a better way (A better way) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54155","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54155"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54155\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":54156,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54155\/revisions\/54156"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kingarthur.com\/songwriter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}