I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler

A-but a working all summer, just trying to earn a dollar

Every time I call my baby, trying to get a date

My boss says "Uh duh son you gotta work late"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm-a gonna do

But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues



Well my mama-papa told me "Son you gotta make some money

If you wanna use the car to go riding next Sunday"

Well I didn't go to work so my Pa said I was sick

"You can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm-a gonna do

But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues



I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation

And I'm gonna take my problem through the United Nations

I called up my congressman and he said

"I'd like to help you sonny but you're too young to vote"

Sometimes I wonder what I'm-a gonna do

But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues