The tax man's taken all my dough
  And left me in my stately home
  Lazing on a sunny afternoon
  I can't even sail my yacht
  He's taken everything I've got
  All I've got's this sunny afternoon
    Oh save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
  I gotta big fat mama trying 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
    My girlfriend's run off with my car
  And gone back to her ma and pa
  Telling tails of drunkenness and cruelty
  Now I'm sitting here
  Sipping at my ice cold beer
  All I've got's this sunny afternoon
    Help me, help me, help me sail away
  Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
  'Cause 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
    Ah save me save me save me from this squeeze
  I gotta big fat mama trying 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