Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss
I'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer
just to try an' earn a dollar
Everytime 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 blues

Well my mom 'n' papa told me
"Son, you gotta make some money
If you wanna use the car
To go ridin' next Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work
Told the boss I was sick
"Now 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 blues

I'm gonna take two weeks
Gonna have a vacation
I'm gonna take my problem
to the United Nation
Well I called my congressman and he said quote
"I'd like 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 blues

Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss
I'm gonna raise a holler
About workin' all summer
just to try an' earn a dollar
Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure
for the summertime blues

Yeah, sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure
for the summertime blues
No there ain't no cure
for the summertime blues