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'VE KNOWN
WE'D NEVER
GET FAR
OH 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
HEY
AIN'T NO USE
IN COMPLAININ'
WHEN YOU GOT
A JOB TO DO
SPENT MY EVENINGS
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 OHH
MAN WE WERE
KILLIN' TIME
WE WERE YOUNG
AND RESTLESS
WE NEEDED TO UNWIND
I GUESS NOTHING
CAN LAST FOREVER
FOREVER NO
YEAH
AND NOW THE
TIMES ARE CHANGIN'
LOOK AT EVERYTHING
THAT'S COME AND GONE
SOMETIMES WHEN I
PLAY THAT
OLD SIX STRING
THINK ABOUT YOU
WONDER WHAT
WENT WRONG
STANDIN' ON YOUR
MAMA'S PORCH
YOU TOLD ME
THAT IT'D
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 UHHUH
IT WAS THE SUMMER
OF SIXTY NINE
OH YEAH
ME AND MY BABY
IN SIXTY NINE
OHH HO
IT WAS THE SUMMER
SUMMER
SUMMER OF
SIXTY NINE
YEAH