Words and music by Raymond Davies



In the summertime



The taxman’s taken all my dough



And left me in my stately home



Lazing on a sunny afternoon



And I can’t sail my yacht



He’s taken everything I’ve got



All I’ve got’s this sunny afternoon



Save me, from this squeeze



I’ve got a big fat momma tryin’ to break me



And I love to live so pleasantly



Live this life of luxury



Lazing on a sunny afternoon



In the summertime



In the summertime



In the summertime (everything seems fine)



My girlfriend’s gone off with my car



And gone back to her ma and pa



Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty



And now I’m sitting here



Sipping on my ice cold beer



Lazing on a sunny afternoon



Help me, sail away



Give me two good reasons why I ought to stay



Cos I love to live so pleasantly



Live this life of luxury



Lazing on a sunny afternoon



In the summertime



Everything is fine because it’s the summertime



In the summertime



(I don’t care about a doggone thing)



in the summertime



(I’m broke, I’ve skint, but it’s the summertime)



In the summertime



(even though I ain’t got a dime, in the summertime, I don’t have a dime)



In the summertime



(I just got this ice cold beer, everything seems fine)



In the summertime



(Nothing seems to matter)