SUMMERTIME BLUES
(Jerry Capehart / Eddie Cochran)

Eddie Cochran - 1958
Blue Cheer - 1968
The Who - 1970
Jim Mundy - 1977
Alan Jackson - 1994

Also recorded by: 

T-Rex; Beach Boys; Ian Hunter; Bobby Fuller; Heinz; Robert Gordon; 
The Crickets; Vipers Skiffle Group; Stray Cats; Ritchie Valens; 
Bobby Vee; The Surfaris; The Ventures.



I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler 
About a-workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar 
Every time 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 
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues 

Well my mom and poppa told me, "Son you gotta make some money, 
If you want to 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 a gonna do 
But 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 
Well 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 
But there ain't no cure for the summertime blues