I GOT MY FIRST
REAL SIX STRING
BOUGHT IT AT
THE FIVE AND DIME
PLAYED IT 'TIL MY FINGERS BLED
WAS THE SUMMER OF SIXTY-NINE
ME AND SOME
GUYS FROM SCHOOL
HAD A BAND AND
WE TRIED REAL HARD
JIMMY QUIT
JODY GOT MARRIED
SHOULD HAVE KNOWN
WE'D NEVER GET FAR
OH, WHEN I LOOK BACK NOW
THE SUMMER SEEMED
TO LAST FOREVER
AND IF I HAD THE CHOICE
YEAH, I'D ALWAYS
WANNA BE THERE
THOSE WERE THE
BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
AIN'T NO USE IN COMPLAININ'
WHEN YOU GOT A JOB TO DO
SPEND MY EVENIN'S
DOWN AT THE DRIVE-IN
AND THAT'S WHEN
I MET YOU, YEAH
STANDIN' ON
YOUR MAMA'S PORCH
YOU TOLD ME THAT
YOU'D WAIT FOREVER
OH, AND WHEN
YOU HELD MY HAND
I KNEW THAT
IT WAS NOW OR NEVER
THOSE WERE THE BEST
DAYS OF MY LIFE
OH YEAH
BACK IN THE SUMMER
OF SIXTY-NINE
OH...
MAN, WE WERE KILLIN' TIME
WE WERE YOUNG
AND RESTLESS
WE NEEDED TO UNWIND
I GUESS NOTHIN' COULD
LAST FOREVER, FOREVER
NO! YEAH!
AND NOW THAT
TIMES ARE CHANGIN'
LOOK AT EVERYTHING
THAT'S COME AND GONE
SOMETIMES, WHEN I PLAY
THAT OLD SIX STRING
I THINK ABOUT YOU
WONDER WHAT WENT WRONG
STANDIN' ON
YOUR MAMA'S PORCH
YOU TOLD ME
IT WOULD LAST FOREVER
OH, AND WHEN
YOU HELD MY HAND
I KNEW THAT
IT WAS NOW OR NEVER
THOSE WERE
THE BEST DAYS OF MY LIFE
OH YEAH
BACK IN THE SUMMER
OF SIXTY-NINE
OH... IT WAS THE SUMMER
OF SIXTY-NINE
OH YEAH
ME AN' MY BABY IN SIXTY-NINE
OH..... WOW!
IT WAS THE SUMMER
THE SUMMER
THE SUMMER OF SIXTY-NINE