Sunny Afternoon -- The Kinks

The tax man's taken all my DOUGH,  And left me in my stately home, 
BLazing 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 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,  BLazing 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 cool beer,  Lazing on a 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 
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           (sing365)


Sunny Afternoon" is a song by The Kinks, written by chief songwriter Ray Davies. 
Like its contemporary "Taxman" by The Beatles, the song references the high levels of progressive tax taken by the British Labour government of Harold Wilson.     (wikipedia)




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