Summertime Blues (Eddie Cochran cover)
original by: Eddie Cochran

version 3:
from The NOLA Treblemakers: Back To One! (December 6th 2023) (1:51)
Let's go
Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
About a-workin all summer just to try and 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
Cuz there ain't no cure for them summertime blues

Well my mom and papa told me, "Son, you gotta make some money
If you want to use that car to go a-ridin out Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work, I told my boss I was sick
"Now you can't use the car cuz you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
Cuz there ain't no cure for them summertime blues

I gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
I gonna take my troubles to them United Nations
Well I called my congressman and he said quote
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
Cuz there ain't no cure for them summertime blues, no cure baby, whoa

version 2:
from The Monochromes: 31 Tunes (October 25th 2018) (1:48)
Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
About a-workin all summer just to try and 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
Cuz there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and papa told me, "Son, you gotta make some money
If you want to drive the car to go a-ridin out Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
"Now you can't use the car cuz you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
Cuz there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
I gonna take my troubles to the United Nations
Well I called my congressman and he said quote
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
Cuz there ain't no cure for the summertime blues, whoo

version 1:
from The NOLA Treblemakers: Causin' All That Treble Again! (December 10th 2015) (1:51)
Well I'm a-gonna raise a fuss, I'm a-gonna raise a holler
About a-workin all summer just to try and 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
Cuz there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and papa told me, "Son, you gotta make some money
If you want to drive the car to go a-ridin out Sunday"
Well I didn't go to work, told the boss I was sick
"Now you can't use the car cuz you didn't work a lick"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
Cuz there ain't no cure for the summertime blues

I gonna take two weeks, gonna have a fine vacation
I gonna take my troubles to the United Nations
Well I called my congressman and he said quote
"I'd like to help you son, but you're too young to vote"
Sometimes I wonder what I'm a-gonna do
Cuz there ain't no cure for the summertime blues, whoo

earliest live performance: December 23rd 2010