Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la I work all week until Saturday I make my money, I make my way in the sun Take me back to the summertime I lost my money at the penny arcade I met a girl as she passed my way on the pier Such a long time ago Oh, take me back to the summertime Oh, such a long time ago I knew her brother when I was young Paper planes and plastic guns and fun Take me back to the summertime Here we go, merry-we-go-round Sometimes up and sometimes down in a dream Such a long time ago Oh, take me back to the summertime Oh, such a long time ago Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la I sit to write to the good old days Killing time and watching waves by the sea Such a long time ago Oh, take me back to the summertime Oh, such a long time ago Oh, take me back to the summertime Oh, such a long time ago Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la Ooh-ooh, la-la-la-la