Summer of '69
1. I got my first real six-string, bought it at a five-and-dime,
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played it till my fingers bled, it was the summer of 69.
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Me and some guys from school had a band, and we tried real hard,
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Jimmy quit and Jody got married, I shoulda known we'd never get far.
Oh, when I look back now, that summer seemed to last forever,
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oh, and if I had a choice, yeah, I'd always wanna be there.
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Those were the best days of my life.
2. Ain't no use in complainin' when you got a job to do,
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spent my evenings down at the drive-in and that's where I met you.
Standin on your mama's porch you told me that you'd wait forever,
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oh, and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never.
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Those were the best days of my life. Oh, yeah !
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Back in the summer of '69, ! Oh !
Man, we were killing time
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we were young and restless we needed to
unwind.
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I guess,
nothin' can last forever, forever, no. No!
3. And now the times are changing,
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look at everything that's come and gone.
Sometimes when I play that old six-string,
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I think about you, wonder what went wrong
Standin on your mama's porch you told me that it'd last forever,
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oh, and when you held my hand, I knew that it was now or never.
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Those were the best days of my life. Oh, yeah !
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Back in the summer of '69 ! Oh !
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Back in the summer of 69, oh yeah ! .....