Lyrics to
Summertime Blues

Released by Olivia Newton-John in 1975
From the Album: Clearly Love |

This version of Summertime Blues was released by Olivia Newton-John in 1975.

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Well I’m gonna raise a fuss and I’m gonna raise a holler
I’ve been working all summer just to try to earn a dollar
Well the time will come when baby, I try to get a date
My boss says “No dice, girl, you gotta work late.”

Sometimes I wonder what I’m a-gonna do
But there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

Well my mom and brother told me girl you gotta make some money
If you want to use the car to go riding next Sunday
Well I didn’t go to work – I told the boss I was sick
(You can’t use the car cause you didn’t work late.)

Sometimes I wonder what I’m a-gonna do
But there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues

I’m gonna take two weeks – gonna have a fine vacation
Gonna take my problem to the United Nations
Well I called the congressman and he said quote
“I’d like to help you honey but you’re too young to vote.”

Sometimes I wonder what I’m a-gonna do
And there ain’t no cure for the summertime blues
Ain’t no cure
No no


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Olivia Newton-John has released many songs over the years besides Summertime Blues. Olivia Newton-John released songs from 1970 to 2007 spanning across albums like Toomorrow, If Not For You, Olivia, Let Me Be There, Long Live Love, Have You Never Been Mellow, Clearly Love, Don't Stop Believin', Come On Over, Making A Good Thing Better, Totally Hot, Grease, Xanadu, Physical, Two Of A Kind, Soul Kiss, The Rumour, Warm And Tender, Gaia: One Woman's Journey, Back With A Heart, Sordid Lives, -2, Indigo: Women Of Song, Stronger Than Before, and Christmas Wish. Decade Lyrics has over lyrics & songs by Olivia Newton-John.

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About Lyrics and Summertime Blues by Olivia Newton-John

The lyrics for Summertime Blues are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1975 song by Olivia Newton-John. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Summertime Blues have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Summertime Blues - Olivia Newton-John and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

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If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Summertime Blues by Olivia Newton-John in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Summertime Blues" means the words set to the music of Summertime Blues, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Olivia Newton-John. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Summertime Blues and the lyrics to Summertime Blues are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Olivia Newton-John who came here looking just for the lyrics to Summertime Blues, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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