Well, I'm gonna raise a fuss

I'm gonna raise a holler

'Bout workin' all summer

Just to try to earn a dollar

Well, I went to the boss man

Tried to get a break

But the boss said 'No dice, son,

You gotta work late'

Sometimes I wonder what am I gonna do

'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well, my Mom and Poppa told me

Son, you gotta earn some money

If you want to use the care

To go riding next Sunday

Well, I wouldn't go to work

I told the boss I was sick

He said 'You can't use the car

'Cause you didn't work a lick'

Sometimes I wonder what am I gonna do

'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Gonna take two weeks

Gonna have a fine vacation

Gonna take my problem

To the United Nations

Well' I went to my congressman

He said 'quote'

'I'd like to help you son,

But you're too young to vote'

Sometimes I wonder what am I gonna do

'Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues