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)