I got my first real six strings
Bought it at the Five & 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 shouda known we'd never get far
Oh when I loo k back now
That summer seemed to la st forever
And if I ha d the choice yeah
I'd always wa nna be there
Those were the be st days of my lif e
Ain't no use in complainin'
When you got a job to do
Spend my evenin'down at the drive-in
And that's when I met you yeah
Standin'on your ma ma's porch
You told me that you'd wai t forever
Oh when you hel d my hand
I knew that it was no w or never
Those were the be st days of my li fe
Oh ye ah... back in the summer of 6 9
Man we were k illing time we were you ng
And restless w e needed to unwind
I guess no thin'can last forev er, 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 'bout you; wonder what went wrong
Standin'on your ma ma's porch
You told me it would last forever
Oh when you hel d my hand
I knew that it was no w or never
Those were the be st days of my li fe
Oh y eah... back in the summer of 69
Back in the summer of 69
Me and my baby in 6 9...