I got my first
Real six string
Bought it at the
Five and dime
Played it til
My fingers bled
Was the summer of '69
Me and some
Guys from school
Had a band and
We tried real hard
Jimmy quit and
Jody got married
I shoulda known
We'd never get far
But when
I look back now
That 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
Spent my evenin's
Down at the drive-in
And that's when
I met you
Ya
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
Ohh yeah
Back in the
Summer of '69
Ohh
Man we were
Killin' time
We were young
And restless
We needed to unwind
I guess nothin'
Can last forever
Forever no...
And now the
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 the way 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 '69
Oh
It was a summer
Of '69
Me and my baby
It's '69
Ohh
It was a summer
Summer
Summer
Of '69
Yeah