Whoo!
Let me just sit down and relax a minute
Gonna tell you about it. Huh
Uh huh, it's Friday
Aw, aw, aw, thank God it's Friday and I just got paid
Goin' 'cross town
Gonna pick up my lady
Have a little bit of fun
Just ain't no tellin' where I might end up
You might see me on the East Side, ha, the West Side
I'm even goin' across the bridge over
'Cause I, 'cause I, 'cause I hear they can get down over there
(Well, well, ah.) Owe it to myself (Well, well, ah.) doin'
(Well, well, ah.) Gonna party
(Well, well, ah.) I'm gonna party
(Well, well, ah.) Party, party, party, ah
I-I-I-I-I-I-I...I-I owe it to myself
(Well, well, ah.) Gonna party, party
(Well, well, ah.) I
I'm just livin', yeah
Livin' for the weekend. (Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh.)
Said I'm, uh, livin' for the weekend
I said right now, I'm, are, uh, livin' for the weekend
I said this evening, I'm livin' for the weekend
For the next two days, I'm livin' for the weekend
Gonna have a real good time. (Livin' for the weekend.)
Gonna have a real, real, real good time. (Livin' for the weekend.)
Gonna party, party, party, party
Come on, y'all, let's go downtown
Come on, y'all, let's groove
Hey, hey, hey
From Monday to Thursday, I'm dead on my feet
Most of the time, too tired to eat
When I try to read the paper, I fall fast asleep
As soon as Friday rolls around
I lay all the weekly burdens down
I put on my glad rags and paint the town
I'm livin' for the weekend
Right now I'm livin' for the weekend
Said I'm livin' for the weekend
'Cause that's when I party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy. (Ah, ah.) Party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy. (Ah, ah.) Party down. (Alright.)
Soon as Monday rolls around again
I got to put all that partyin' to an end
Got to swap that same old grind
With those 5-a-day weekends
Sometimes I get frustrated through the day
I take off early and I just get paid
At that time, I don't really care
Because I done took all that I can bear
I'm livin' for the weekend. (Just, just about.)
Oh, oh, right now, livin' for the weekend. (Just about now.)
Heh, right now, I'm livin' for the weekend
Heh, 'cause that's when I party down. (Ay, ay.)
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy. (Ah, ah.) Party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy. (Ah, ah.) Party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy. (Night. Ah, ah, ah.) Party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy. (Ah, ah.) Party on down
(Ah, ah.) Monday, dead in my socks
(Ah, ah.) Tuesday, too tired to rock
(Ah, ah.) Wednesday, tired, wanna sleep
(Ah, ah.) Thursday, oh so weak
(Ah, ah.) Friday, (Ah, ah.) party down
(Ah, ah.) Friday, (Ah, ah.) party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy, ay, yi, party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy, ah, party down
(Ah, ah.) Saturday, (Ah, ah.) Saturday
(Ah, ah.) Saturday night
On Saturday night this time, I'm gonna party, party, party, party
Huh, uh, uh, (Ah, ah.) party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy, ow, party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy, ah, party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy, ow, party down
(Ah, ah.) Party hardy. Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
(Ah, ah.) Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, ah
(Whoo, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh.)
Such a good time I had. (Ay, ay, ay, ay, yi, yi.)
What a real good time that I had last night, y'all
(What I time I had this weekend.)
(See you again at the same time) See you again at the same place
(Well, well ah. Well, well, ah.) Next weekend
Again at the same time. (Well, well, ah. Well, well, ah.)
(See you again.) We'll call your friends and your neighbors
(See you then, my friends.) We'll do it just like we this weekend
(Well, well, ah. Well, well, ah.) 'Cause when I...
Sunday's here, y'all. (Livin' for the weekend.)
(Sorry but I gotta go.) Sunday's here, y'all
(Livin' for the weekend.) And it won't be long
(Hey, just like we used to do.) It won't be long before we get on back to the J-O-B, y'all
I got a job. (Livin' for the weekend.)
I'm talkin' about the, (You know, I-I-I-I...) the J-O-B
(Well, well, ah. Well, well, ah.) Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, I...
(I like to party.) I'm livin' (Right now, right now.) for the weekend
(Right now, right now, right now, uh, uh.)
It's a shame that we got to (Right now, right now, right now, uh, uh.) get ready for the weekend
(Livin' for the weekend.) Oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh, oooh
I'm waitin' that we can all do it again. (Livin' for the weekend.)
Heh, heh! I had a real good time. (I like to party.)
(Livin' for the weekend.) I just can't help myself
I like to party down, party down
(I'm gonna party, party, party, party. Hey.) Hey, hey, hey
(We get to boogie.)
(Well, well, ah. Well, well, ah.) I like to party for the weekend
(Hey. We get to boogie.)
Livin’ for the Weekend was written by Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff & Gamble & Huff.
Livin’ for the Weekend was produced by Gamble & Huff & Kenneth Gamble & Leon Huff.
The O’Jays released Livin’ for the Weekend on Sun Feb 01 1976.