Well, I'm a-gonna raise a fuss
I'm a-gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer
Just to try to earn a dollar

Every time I call my baby
To try to get a date
My boss says "No dice, son
You gotta work late"

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure
For the summertime, summertime blues

Well, my mama and papa told me
Son, you gotta make some money
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
If you wanna go ridin'
In the car next Sunday
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)

Well, I didn't go to work
Told the boss I was sick
"You can't use the car
'Cause you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder
What I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure
For the summertime, summertime blues

Gonna take two weeks
Gonna have a fine vacation
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
Gonna take my problems
To the United Nations
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)

I called my congressman
And he said, quote
"I'd love to help you, son
But you're too young to vote"

Sometimes I wonder
What I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure
For the summertime, summertime blues

(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)
(Sum-sum, summertime blues)