I'm gonna raise a fuss, I'm gonna raise a holler About a-workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar I call my baby, try to get a date My boss says: No dice son, you gotta work late Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues Well, my mom and papa told me: Son, you gotta earn some money If you want to use the car to go ridin' next sunday Well, I didn't go to work, I told the boss I was sick Well, you can't use the car 'cause you didn't work a lick Sometimes I wonder what I'm a gonna do Cause there ain't no cure for the summertime blues I'm gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation I'm gonna take my problem to the united nations I called my congressman and he said: Whoa! 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