Summertime Blues

Shigoto o nukedashi    dekki chea
Biru katate ni     rajio tsukerya
Kibun wa saiko     uto-uto suru to

[(Sankon:) Shigoto mo sento     nani sabotten ne     omae]

Mazui ze     Baby     suteki na natsu ga
Owacchimau yo     Summer Time Blues

(Acchi na!)

Natsu no hikari hajikeru     biichisaido
Kuruma o katta ze     oyogi ni yukou
Tonari ni kanojo     enjin kakeru to

[Ee konjou shiteru na     yasumi nanka aru to     omotten no ka!]

Mazui ze     Baby     suteki na natsu ga
Owacchimau yo     Summer Time Blues

(tobasu zo     saboru zo     shigoto wa     yasumu zo
seishun     bakuhatsu     asobu zo     moeru zo)

(Acchi!!)

Ase ni mamirete     oorudei     oorunaito
Machi ni matteta     kyuuryoubi
Hanauta majiride     ofisu ni ikeba

[Omae     mou iran wa     Kubi ja! Kubi]

Mazui ze     Baby     suteki na natsu ga
Owacchimatta yo     Summer Time Blues

(Akan! Akan)

(Owacchimatta yo Summer Time Blues)

I've found a credit to Eddie Cochran and Jerry Capehart for this on my CD of The Who Live at Leeds. Not sure if they both did both words and music. I assume that Tortoise Matsumoto wrote the Japanese lyrics but I'm not sure since my CD with Summertime Blues on seems to be a dubious Chinese job and doesn't have proper copyright info on it. Tonikaku...

Romanisation by Helen

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