Sunny Afternoon Lyrics - Live On Tour 1966! - The Standells

The taxman's taken all my dough 

And left me in my stately home 

Lazing on a sunny afternoon 

And I can't sail my yacht 

He's taken everything I've got 

All I've got's this sunny afternoon 

Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze 

I got a 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 tales 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 ought to 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