Sunny Afternoon 

By: Ray Davies 

1966 

The taxman's taken' all my dough 

And left me in this stately home 

Lazin' on a sunny afternoon 



And I can't even sail my yacht 

He's taken' everything I've got 

All I've got's this sunny afternoon 

In the summertime... 



Chorus: 

Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze 

I've got a big fat momma tryin' to break me 

And I love to live so pleasantly 

Live this life of luxury 

Lazin' on a sunny afternoon 

In the summertime... 



My girlfriend's run off with my car 

And gone back to her ma and pa 

Tellin' tales of parrotheads and parties 



And now I'm just sitting here 

Sippin' on this ice-cold beer 

Lazin' on a sunny afternoon 

In the summertime... 



Help me, help me, help me sail away 

Well, give me two good reason why I ought to stay 

'Cause I love to live so pleasantly 

Live this life of luxury 

Lazy on a sunny afternoon 

In the summertime... 

In the summertime... 

In the summertime... 



Chorus: 

Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze 

I've got a big fat momma tryin' to break me 

And I love to live so pleasantly 

Live this life of luxury 

Lazy on a sunny afternoon 

In the summertime... 

In the summertime... 

In the summertime... 

In the summertime... 



Taxman's taken' all my dough (in the summertime) 

Gonna find that passport and outta here I go 

(in the summertime) 



--Spoken: 

"Catch me a flight to St. Somewhere and get out of this cold 

weather. Go somewhere where no body knows my name 

Gotta keep my mouth shut. Try to go to confession at least once 

a week. Somewhere preferably south of the equator, I believe. 

Where it's summertime, where winter spends the summer. Somewhere 

like that." 



(in the summertime...)