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