Summertime blues (1958) (video)

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1. I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler.

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about a- workin' all summer just to try to earn a dollar.

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    Every time I call my baby, try to get a date,

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    the boss said "No dice, son, you gotta work late !"

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Sometimes I wonder what I m a-gonna do,

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but there ain t no cure for the summertime blues.

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2. Oh, well, my mom and papa told me,

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"Son, you gotta make some money,

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    and if you wanna use the car to go a-riding next Sunday."

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    Oh, well, I didn t go to work, I told the boss I was sick.

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     Well, you can't use the car cause you didn't work a lick."

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3. I m gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation.

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I m gonna take my problem to the United Nations.

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Wewll, I called my congressman and he said, quote:

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    "I'd like to help you, son, but you're too young to vote." 

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(orig. = capo 2nd)           (Eddie Cochrane)