Well, I'm a gonna raise a fuss
I'm a gonna raise a holler
I've been working all summer
Just to try and earn a dollar
Well, I went to the boss
Said I had a date
The boss said, ""No dice, son
You gotta work late"
Sometimes I wonder
What I'm a gonna do
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 car
To go out next Sunday"
Well I didn'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 I'm a gonna do
There ain't no cure
For the summertime blues
Gonna take two weeks
Gonna have a fine vacation
Gonna take my problems
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 I'm a gonna do
'Cause there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues