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Artist: Bobby Vee
Canonical path: /vee-bobby/summertime-blues
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Summertime Blues
Read Summertime Blues lyrics by Bobby Vee on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Summertime Blues
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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
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Bobby Vee performs "Summertime Blues", and this lyric page sits inside the Bobby Vee catalog on LyroVerse.
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