Well, I'm gonna raise the price
And I'm gonna raise hard love
I'm working all summer
Just to try and earn a dollar
Well, I tried to call my baby
Tried to get a date
She said I gotta work late

*Sometimes I wonder what I'm gonna do
But there ain't no cure
For the summertime blues

Well, my mama 'n papa said
ﾒSon, you gotta make some moneyﾓ
If you want to use the car
To go riding next sunday
Well, I didn't go work
I took the bus, I was seen
ﾒCan't use the car Cause you didn't work lateﾓ

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I'm gonna take two weeks
I'm gonna have a fine vacation
I'm gonna take my problems
To the United Nations
Well, I called my congressman
He said ﾒI'd like to help you son,
But you're too young to voteﾓ

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